Nicholas II Sanudo

Nicholas II Sanudo (or Niccolò; died aft. 1374), called Spezzabanda, Lord of Gridia (a fief in Andros) and eight Consort Duke of the Archipelago, was a son of Guglielmazzo Sanudo, Lord of Gridia, and wife, and the second husband of his cousin Florence Sanudo, seventh Duchess of the Archipelago, with whom he reigned until her death.^[1]

Her first marriage was to Giovanni dalle Carceri, Lord of Euboea, but he died in 1358, without issue. She tried to remarry, first to the Vignoso, Genoese Lord of Chios, and then to Nerio I Acciajuoli, the future Duke of Athens, but both potential husbands were vetoed by the Republic of Venice, which kidnapped her and brought to Crete. There she was forced to marry in 1364 her cousin Nicholas II Sanudo Spezzabanda, whom the Venetians entitled eight Consort Duke.

By his cousin, he left only daughters: Maria, who inherited Andros, and Elisabetta Sanudo.

Sources

Miller, William. The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566). London: 1908.

References

↑ Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 549

Ancestry of Sultana Nur-Banu (Cecilia Venier-Baffo)

Preceded by Florence	Duke of the Archipelago 1364–1371	Succeeded by Nicholas III

Dukes of Naxos and of the Archipelago

Sanudo dynasty (1207–1383)	Marco I Angelo Marco II Guglielmo I Niccolò I Giovanni I Fiorenza with Niccolò (II) Spezzabanda Niccolò II (III) dalle Carceri

Crispo dynasty (1383–1566)	Francesco I Giacomo I Giovanni II Giacomo II Gian Giacomo Guglielmo II Francesco II Giacomo III Giovanni III Francesco III Giovanni IV Giacomo IV

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