 Eventually, they backed Louis of Durazzo.Because of his character and of his disloyalty to the king, Giovanni Pipino di Altamura was captured in 1357 in Matera Castle and then he was brought to the nearby city of Altamura, where he was hanged to the battlements of Altamura Castle.According to what is written in the book "Vita di Cola di Rienzo" (written by an anonymous author), he had to wear a paper crown, because he called himself "king of Apulia".