Hugh III of Arborea
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Hugh III | |||||
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Judge/King of Arborea | |||||
Reign | 1375–1383 | ||||
Predecessor | Marianus IV | ||||
Successor | Eleanor and Frederick | ||||
Born | 1337 Molins de Rei, Crown of Aragon | ||||
Died | 3 March 1383 Oristano, Sardinia | (aged 45–46)||||
Spouse | A woman from the Vico family | ||||
Issue | Benedetta | ||||
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House | Cervera (Serra Bas branch) | ||||
Father | Marianus IV, King of Arborea | ||||
Mother | Timbora of Roccaberti |
Hugh III (died 3 March 1383) was the eldest son and successor of Marianus IV of Arborea and Timbor of Rocabertí. He succeeded in 1376 as Judge of Arborea and Count of Goceano. In most ways he continued and augmented the policies of his father. He has been praised as a legislator who led a saggio e moderato governo: "wise and moderate government."[1]
In 1363, he married a daughter of
Hugh participated in his father's last military campaign against
He made enemies with the nobles, who tried to incite the poor to rebel. On 3 March 1383, Hugh and his daughter—and heiress—were assassinated at Oristano during a popular revolt. The rebels declared a "Republic" and made the law (which Hugh and his father had done so much to codify, expand, and improve) the sovereignty in Arborea. Hugh's successor was his nephew Frederick, under the regency of his sister Eleanor, who pacified the rebels and reinstated judicial government.
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- Nowé, Laura Sannia. Dai "lumi" dalla patria Italiana: Cultura letteraria sarda. Mucchi Editore: Modena, 1996.
- Onnis, Omar; Mureddu, Manuelle (2019). Illustres. Vita, morte e miracoli di quaranta personalità sarde (in Italian). Sestu: Domus de Janas. OCLC 1124656644.