Benedetto II Zaccaria
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Benedetto II Paleologo Zaccaria (1235 - 1314) 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.
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 1307 until his death.
Benedetto II was the son of Benedetto I Zaccaria
Benedetto I Zaccaria
Benedetto I Zaccaria was an Italian admiral of the Republic of Genoa. He was the Lord of Phocaea and first Lord of Chios , and the founder of Zaccaria fortunes in Byzantine and Latin Greece...
. On the death of his father, he was appointed governor of Chios.
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.