- Margrave of Bodonitsa
The margraviate or marquisate of Bodonitsa (also Vodonitsa or Boudonitza), today
Mendenitsa ,Phthiotis (180 km northwest ofAthens ), was aFrankish state inGreece following the conquests of theFourth Crusade . It was originally granted as a margravial holding ofGuy Pallavicini by Boniface, firstking of Thessalonica , in1204 . Its original purpose was to guard the pass ofThermopylae .The margraviate survived the fall of Thessalonica after the death of Boniface, but it was made subservient to the
Principality of Achaea in1248 . The margarviate further survived the coming of theCatalan Company in1311 , but it fell to two Venetia families in quick succession:Cornaro (til1335 ) and theZorzi . The Zorzi ruled the margraviate until theOttoman Turks conquered it in1414 . Nicholas II continued to use the margravial title after that date, but the territory was never recoverred.Margraves
Pallavicini Thomas inherited the margraviate after a dispute with Isabella's widower. He was a grandson of Rubino, brother of Guy.
*1204 –1237 Guy
*1237 –1278 Ubertino
*1278 –1286 Isabella
**1278 –1286 Antoine le Flamenc , husband
*1286 – ???? Thomas
*???? –1311 Albert
**1311 –1323 Maria dalle Carceri , wife
**1312 –1323 Andrea Cornaro , husband of above
*1311 –1358 Guglielma
**1327 –1334 Bartolommeo Zaccaria , husbandZorzi The first Zorzi was a husband of Guglielma.
*1335 –1345 Nicholas I
*1345 –1388 Francis
*1388 –1410 Jacob
*1410 –1411 Nicholas II
*1411 –1414 Nicholas IIIources
*Miller, W. " [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0075-4269(1908)28%3C234%3ATMOB(%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W The Marquisate of Boudonitza (1204-1414)] ." "Journal of Hellenic Studies", Vol. 28, 1908, pp 234-249.
*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.
* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LATIN%20LORDSHIPS%20IN%20GREECE.htm#_Toc127589304 Latin Lordships of Greece: Boudonitza.]
* [http://www2.fhw.gr/chronos/projects/fragokratia/en/webpages/bodonit_gen.html Marquisate of Bodonitsa.]
*Zakythinos D. A. "Le Despotat Grec de Morée: les Belles Lettres". Paris, 1932.
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