Agnese Ghisi (died before August 1282), was Regent of

Karystos Karystos ( el, Κάρυστος) or Carystus is a small coastal town on the Greece, Greek island of Euboea. It has about 5,000 inhabitants (12,000 in the municipality). It lies 129 km south of Chalkis. From Athens it is accessible by ferry ...

in ca. 1266-69. She was a sister of

Andrea Ghisi Andrea Ghisi was a Venetian nobleman, and the first Lord of Tinos and Mykonos. There are no sources about him until 1207 when he participated in the expedition organized by Marco Sanudo for the conquest of the Greek islands which, three years af ...

and

Geremia Ghisi Geremia Ghisi was a Venetian nobleman who in ca. 1207, following the Fourth Crusade, captured the Greek islands of Skiathos, Skopelos, and Skyros and became their lord, while his brother Andrea Ghisi conquered the islands of Tinos and Mykonos. The ...

, and probably the wife of

Othon de Cicon Othon de Cicon was a Frankish noble and baron of Karystos on the island of Euboea ( Negroponte) in medieval Greece. Othon was the son of Jacques de Cicon and Sibylle de la Roche, the sister of the first Duke of Athens, Othon de la Roche. After Jac ...

. She was a member of the Ghisi family. She had a son, Guidotto, and a daughter, Anfelise. She became regent of

for her son ca. 1266-69 after the death of her husband; the city was however captured by

Licario Licario, called Ikarios ( gr, Ἰκάριος) by the Greek chroniclers, was a Byzantine admiral of Italian origin in the 13th century. At odds with the Latin barons (the "triarchs") of his native Euboea, he entered the service of the Byzantine em ...

ca. 1277 and Guidotto taken prisoner. She died before August 18 1282, when she is mentioned as defunct in her nephew's testament.

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* 13th-century Venetian women Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown

Agnese Agnese is a given name and a variant of Agnes. Its name day is 21 January in Italy. People with the name Agnese include: *Agnese Allegrini (born 1982), Italian badminton player *Agnese Bonfantini (born 1999), Italian football player * Agnese Kokl ...

13th-century Venetian people 13th-century women rulers {{Italy-noble-stub