Lordship of Negroponte - Triarchs of Negroponte, Ravano Dalle Carceri, Albert Pallavicini, Maria Dalle Carceri, Nicholas III Dalle Carceri (Paperback)

Chapters: Triarchs of Negroponte, Ravano Dalle Carceri, Albert Pallavicini, Maria Dalle Carceri, Nicholas Iii Dalle Carceri, Giovanni Dalle Carceri. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Lordship of Negroponte was a crusader state established on the island of Euboea (Italian: ) after the partition of the Byzantine Empire following the Fourth Crusade. According to the division of Byzantine territory (the Partitio terrarum imperii Romanie), Euboea was awarded to Boniface of Montferrat, King of Thessalonica. Boniface in turn ceded the island as a fief to the Flemish noble Jacques d' Avesnes, who fortified Chalkis. After his death in mid-1205 however, the island was ceded to three Veronese barons: Ravano dalle Carceri, Giberto dalle Carceri and Pecoraro da Mercanuovo. They divided the island into three baronies: the northern, based at Oreoi (Italian: ), the southern, ruled from Karystos (Italian: ), and the central portion, ruled from Chalkis (Italian: ), which served also as overall capital of the island (citta de' Lombardi). This division became known as the "triarchy," and the barons became known as the terzieri. By 1209 however, Ravano had established himself as sole master of Euboea, styling himself as dominus insulae Nigropontis. Having allied himself with an unsuccessful Lombard rebellion against the Latin Emperor, Henry of Flanders, Ravano was eager to find a powerful protector. Thus, in March 1209, he signed an alliance with Venice, which recognized Venetian overlordship and gave the Venetians significant commercial privileges. In May, however, in an act of political balancing, Ravano also acknowledged his vassalage to the Latin Empire. However, already after the death of Ravano in 1216, his heirs disagreed over the succession, allowing th...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1107060