Frederick (1377 – 1387) was the
Judge of Arborea from 1383 until his death.
His surname was
Doria Cappai de Baux, the
last part being a corruption of Bas-Serra. Nephew and successor of
Hugh III, he was a minor upon
his succession and was under the tutelage of his mother
Eleanor.
He was
born at Castel Genovese (modern Castelsardo
) in 1377 to Eleanor and Brancaleone Doria, a Genoese
nobleman. In 1382, Eleanor was residing in Genoa, where she
made a pact with the
Doge Nicolò Guarco that loaned him 4,000
florins and promised Frederick
in marriage to the doge's daughter Bianchina. If the girl died
before the marriage could take place, the agreement would be null.
Frederick never reached puberty and the accord never came into
effect.
Upon Hugh's death in a republican uprising, the barons of the realm
gathered in a parliament and elected Frederick judge. Eleanor
immediately set to work defeating the rebels and securing her son's
realm.
No
sooner was this accomplished then the young Frederick's father was
arrested by Peter the Ceremonious
— who claimed the title King of
Sardinia — and imprisoned in Cagliari
, first in
the tower of San Pancrazio and then in that of
Elefante.
Frederick died in 1387, the same year as Peter. He was succeeded by
his younger brother
Marianus
V, also under the regency of Eleanor.