person
Robert the Wise
Róbert
also: Róbert, Roberto d'Angiò, Robert of Naples
Robert the Wise (1278–1343), King of Naples 1309–1343; in the drama his death triggers the succession crisis. His betrothal announcement at the opening of Act One sets the entire plot in motion.
Reading notes
- Andrew of Naples §2 King Róbert
Robert the Wise (Roberto d'Angiò, 1278–1343), King of Naples from 1309; in history and in this drama, his death in 1343 triggers the succession crisis that makes Endre's position fatally precarious, leaving Johanna as sole ruler with Endre's status ambiguous.