Tristan de Clermont

Tristan de Clermont (Italian: Tristano Chiaromonte) was a French-born knight who married Catherine of Taranto, youngest daughter of Mary of Enghien and Raimondo del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto.

Documents and sources about Tristan, whose proper first name was Bartholomew, are scarce. Bartholomew Tristan of Clermont was a knight of the French family of de Clermont-Lodeve. Tristan became Count of Copertino by dowry of Catherine.

In 1429 Tristan divided the inheritance between his children. They were:

• Raymond de Clermont (Raimondello di Chiaromonte), died 2 March 1443, leaving his inheritance to Duchess Sancia, his sister
• Sancia, who married Francesco del Balzo, Duke of Andria
• Margherita, who married Antonio Ventimiglia, Marquess of Gerace, Grand Admiral
• Antonia, alleged somewhere to have married Thomas Palaeologus, titular Despot of Morea, as brother of Emperor Constantin and heir presumptive to the throne of the Byzantine Empire
• Isabella married Ferdinand of Aragon, later King of Naples