Nicholas II of Saint Omer

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Nicholas II of Saint Omer was the lord of half of Thebes, Greece from 1258 to 1294. He served as bailiff of the Principality of Achaea between 1287 and 1289. He was the son of Bela of Saint Omer.

In 1287, William I of Athens died and was succeeded by his son Guy II. He had been bailiff in Achaea and that position was taken up by Nicholas. He was the second richest and most influential baron living in the Latin East after Guy. He continued William's policy of fortification of the Messenia and built the castle at Navarino. Peace and prosperity continued under his regime. The Chronicle of Morea says, "He governed with nobility and wisdom, and kept the country at peace." He was succeeded in 1289 by Guy de Charpigny, baron of Vostitsa.

His first wife was Mary, daughter of Bohemund VI of Antioch, and his second was Anna, daughter of Michael II Komnenos Doukas.

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• Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) A History of the Crusades: Volume II — The Later Crusades, 1189 – 1311. Robert Lee Wolff and Harry W. Hazard, editors. University of Wisconsin Press: Milwaukee, 1969.