Arianitto Arianiti | |
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Prince of Macedonia (titular) | |
Reign | 8 May 1530 – 16 November 1551 |
Predecessor | Constantine Arianiti |
Successor | Andrea Angeli |
Died | 16 November 1551 Torchiara |
Spouse | Unknown |
Issue | Andronica Arianiti[1] |
Dynasty | Arianiti |
Father | Constantine Arianiti |
Mother | Francesca of Montferrat |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Arianitto Arianiti (died 16 November 1551), self-styled as Arianitto Comneno[2] (Latin: Arianita Comnenus),[3] was a 16th-century Italian nobleman of Albanian descent, the only son of the diplomat and pretender Constantine Arianiti. After his father's death in 1530, Arianitto continued Constantine's pretensions, styling himself as the 'Prince of Macedonia', but dropping the other titles used by his father. He served as a captain in the papal army in Rome until his death in battle in 1551, which ended the male line of the Arianiti family in Italy.