Benedetto III Zaccaria
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Benedetto III Zaccaria was the Lord of Chios and Phocaea
, as well as other Aegean
islands from 1314.
Benedetto III was the son of Benedetto II Zaccaria
, and succeeded him in Chios and other lands in the Aegean Sea
together with his brother Martino
. In 1318 the latter forced him to retire, in exchange of a pension. Benedetto asked help to the Byzantine emperor, Andronikos III Palaiologos
. In 1329 Martin was declared deposed, and captured by an imperial fleet of 105 ships sent to Chios.
Benedetto was appointed as imperial prefect of the island. However, after he died childless the island was annexed to the Byzantine Empire. Phocaea was recaptured by the Byzantines in 1334.
Benedetto had married Ginevra Doria
, daughter of Corrado Doria.
Phocaea
Phocaea, or Phokaia, was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. Greek colonists from Phocaea founded the colony of Massalia in 600 BC, Emporion in 575 BC and Elea in 540 BC.-Geography:Phocaea was the northernmost...
, as well as other Aegean
Aegean Islands
The Aegean Islands are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast...
islands from 1314.
Benedetto III was the son of Benedetto II Zaccaria
Benedetto II Zaccaria
Benedetto II Paleologo Zaccaria was the Lord of Chios and Phocaea, as well as other Aegean islands from 1307 until his death.Benedetto II was the son of Benedetto I Zaccaria. On the death of his father, he was appointed governor of Chios....
, and succeeded him in Chios and other lands in the Aegean Sea
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
together with his brother Martino
Martino Zaccaria
Martino Zaccaria was the lord of Phocea and Chios from 1314 to 1330. He co-reigned with his brother Benedetto III after the death of their father Paleologo....
. In 1318 the latter forced him to retire, in exchange of a pension. Benedetto asked help to the Byzantine emperor, Andronikos III Palaiologos
Andronikos III Palaiologos
Andronikos III Palaiologos, Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341, after being rival emperor since 1321. Andronikos III was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia...
. In 1329 Martin was declared deposed, and captured by an imperial fleet of 105 ships sent to Chios.
Benedetto was appointed as imperial prefect of the island. However, after he died childless the island was annexed to the Byzantine Empire. Phocaea was recaptured by the Byzantines in 1334.
Benedetto had married Ginevra Doria
Doria
Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
, daughter of Corrado Doria.
Sources
- Miller, William. "The Zaccaria of Phocaea and Chios (1275-1329)." The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 31. (1911), pp. 42-55.
- Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) A History of the Crusades: Volume III — The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Harry W. Hazard, editor. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, 1975.
- Setton, Kenneth M. Catalan Domination of Athens 1311–1380. Revised edition. Variorum: London, 1975.
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Latin Lordships of Greece — Chios, Zaccaria.