Tristan de Clermont


Bartholomew "Tristan" de Clermont-Lodève, Count of Copertino, was a French-born knight who married Catherine del Balzo Orsini, youngest daughter of Mary of Enghien and Raimondo del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto. He was the father of Isabella of Clermont, Princess of Taranto, the first consort of King Ferdinand I of Naples.
Documents and sources about Tristan, whose proper first name was Bartholomew, are scarce. Tristan de Clermont became Count of Cupertino by his wife's dowry.
In 1429 Tristan divided the inheritance between his children. They were: