Centurione I Zaccaria (1336–1376) was a powerful noble in the

Principality of Achaea The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom o ...

Frankish Greece The ''Frankokratia'' ( el, Φραγκοκρατία, la, Francocratia, sometimes anglicized as Francocracy, "rule of the Franks"), also known as ''Latinokratia'' ( el, Λατινοκρατία, la, Latinocratia, "rule of the Latins") and ...

. In 1345 he succeeded his father,

Martino Zaccaria Martino Zaccaria was the Lord of Chios from 1314 to 1329, ruler of several other Aegean islands, and baron of Veligosti–Damala and Chalandritsa in the Principality of Achaea. He distinguished himself in the fight against Turkish corsairs in ...

, as baron of Damala and lord of one half of the Barony of Chalandritsa, and in 1359 he acquired the other half. In about 1370 he was named

Grand Constable A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. Other peop ...

of Achaea and received also the

Barony of Estamira The Barony of Estamira or Stamira was a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea, located in the fertile plains of the Elis region of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, and centred on the now vanished fortress of Estamira (various ...

. He also thrice held the post of ''

bailli A bailiff (french: bailli, ) was the king's administrative representative during the ''ancien régime'' in northern France, where the bailiff was responsible for the application of justice and control of the administration and local finances in h ...

'' (viceroy) for the principality's

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rulers. He died in 1376/77, during his third bailliage. By his marriage to Helene Asanina, daughter of Andronicus Asen from

Asanes The Asen dynasty ( bg, Асеневци, ''Asenevtsi'') founded and ruled a medieval Bulgarian state, called in modern historiography the Second Bulgarian Empire, between 1185 and 1280. The Asen dynasty rose as the leaders of Bulgaria after a Upr ...

family, he had the following children: *

Andronikos Asanes Zaccaria Andronikos Asen Zaccaria de Damala or Asanes (died 1401) was a Genoese lord of the Principality of Achaea in southern Greece. Life Andronikos Asen Zaccaria was the son of Centurione I Zaccaria, member of the Genoese Zaccaria dynasty, and a woman ...

de Damala, Baron of Chalandritsa and Arcadia, father of

Centurione II Zaccaria Centurione II Zaccaria (died 1432), scion of a powerful Genoese merchant family established in the Morea, was installed as Prince of Achaea by Ladislaus of Naples in 1404 and was the last ruler of the Latin Empire not under Byzantine suzerainty ...

, Prince of Achaea in 1404–1432. * Filippo Asanes Zaccaria de Damala, married the heiress of Rhiolo in Morea. * Martino Asanes Zaccaria de Damala, known only from his participation in the

Battle of Gardiki The Battle of Geraki took place in between the Latin Principality of Achaea and the Byzantine Greek Despotate of the Morea, at the fortress of Gardiki in Arcadia, southern Greece. In 1374, Francis of San Severino was sent as the new (vicero ...

in 1375. * Manuele Asanes Zaccaria de Damala, married Eliana Cattaneo. *

Maria II Zaccaria Maria II Zaccaria (14th century – after 1404) was a Principality of Achaea, Princess of Achaia. She was daughter of Centurione I Zaccaria, Lord of Barony of Veligosti, Veligosti–Damala and Barony of Chalandritsa, Chalandritsa. She succeeded ...

de Damala, married

Pedro de San Superano Pedro de San Superano (also spelled San Superán, in French ''Pierre de Saint-Superan''; died 1402) was one of the captains of the Navarrese Company in the Morea from 1379 until he was made Prince of Achaea in 1396, a post he held to his death. Na ...

, Prince of Achaea in 1396–1402; regent of Achaea in 1402–1404.

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* 1336 births 1376 deaths Baillis of the Principality of Achaea Barons of Veligosti-Damala Centurione 01 14th-century people of the Principality of Achaea {{Europe-noble-stub