Survival of Anjou-Durazzo
Charles of Durazzo becomes the King of Naples in 1382 because of the conflict of Joan of Naples with the Pope Urban VI and Joan of Naples is imprisoned and later was killed it was believed that it was he that killed Joan of Durazzo but he manages to establish his reign peacefully in Naples and recognized Louis of Valois as a threat to his rule in Naples and also he managed to secure his rule in Hungary in 1386 and because of that Mary decides against a possible marriage with Sigismund of Luxembourg and sought alliance with the Valois and married Louis of Orleans in 1390 starting the Valois-Poland Dynasty which started with their son, Louis born in January 6 1391.
Ladislaus of Durazzo marries Valentina Visconti in 1390, Ladislao of Durazzo and Valentina Visconti was declared to be the legitimate heir of the Duchy of Milan, Ladislao of Durazzo inherits Milan because of her Ladislaus of Durazzo and his father Charles of Durazzo became very powerful in Italy at their own time and the children of Ladislao and Valentina are Louis, born January 3, 1391 and Stefan born in November 2 ,1392, Charles of Durazzo retires and passes the crown to Ladislaus of Durazzo , the duke of Milan, Hungary, Naples,and Count of Provence and he became victorious against the Valois of Anjou by conspiring with Philip the Good of Burgundy and because of that he became very powerful that Pope Bonaface IX is scared of him. Ladislaus of Durazzo conquers Wallachia in 1410 to crush the Wallachian rebels that seceded from Hungary and successfully annexes Wallachia with his own army and because of it Ladislaus of Durazzo becomes very powerful in the Balkans and made latin an important language in his Empire and also in 1415 he decided to seize Sicily and Sardinia from the Aragonese throne and he succeeded in driving out the Aragonese from Sicily and Sardinia and because of this the future of the Italo-Balkan Empire of the Capetian house of Anjou is secured because of the strength of Ladislao’s will and his wife’s manuevering of the pope.
