Francis Zorzi

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Francis Zorzi or Giorgi (Italian: Francesco; 1337 – 1382) was the Margrave of Bodonitsa, a member of the Zorzi family of the Republic of Venice, from 1345 to his death.

Francis was the son of Guglielma Pallavicini and her husband Nicholas, the first Zorzi lord of Bodonitsa. Francis was a vassal of the Duke of Athens, to whom he was obligated to send an annual of tribute of four armed horses. Francis tried to maintain his independence from the Catalan vicar general of Athens and resisted the attempts of Peter IV of Aragon to establish his authority in Greece. He also supported Mary of Sicily against Peter for the Trinacrian throne. Francis even made overtures to the Navarrese mercenaries of Juan de Urtubia before his death, perhaps encouraging their sack of Thebes.

He took part in the Council of Thebes in 1373. He died aroun 1382 and was succeeded by his younger brother Jacob.

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  • 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.
  • Latin Lordships of Greece: Boudonitza.


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