Margrave of Bodonitsa

Margrave of Bodonitsa

The margraviate or marquisate of Bodonitsa (also Vodonitsa or Boudonitza), today Mendenitsa, Phthiotis (180 km northwest of Athens), was a Frankish state in Greece following the conquests of the Fourth Crusade. It was originally granted as a margravial holding of Guy Pallavicini by Boniface, first king of Thessalonica, in 1204. Its original purpose was to guard the pass of Thermopylae.

The margraviate survived the fall of Thessalonica after the death of Boniface, but it was made subservient to the Principality of Achaea in 1248. The margarviate further survived the coming of the Catalan Company in 1311, but it fell to two Venetia families in quick succession: Cornaro (til 1335) and the Zorzi. The Zorzi ruled the margraviate until the Ottoman Turks conquered it in 1414. 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, husband

Zorzi

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 III

ources

*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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