Giacomo I Crispo (or ''Jacopo'') (d. 1418) was the eleventh Duke of the Archipelago, etc., from 1397 to 1418, son of the tenth Duke

Francesco I Crispo Francesco I Crispo, Patrizio Veneto (died 1397) was the tenth Duke of the Archipelago through his marriage and the will of Venice. Francesco Crispo was probably born in Verona. He was Lord of Milos, thus a vassal to the Duke of Naxos, as well as ...

and wife

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, and brother of

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and William II. He married his cousin Fiorenza Sommaripa, daughter of Gaspare Sommaripa, and wife Maria Sanudo. According to William Miller, Giacomo died of the flux at Ferrara while travelling to meet Pope Martin V at

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. He had involved in arranging the retrocession of

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to the

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by the Knights of St. John prior to his death. In his will, Giacomo introduced the Salic Law to the Duchy by excluding his daughter from succession and made his brother

John II Crispo John II Crispo (or ''Giovanni''; d. 1433) was the twelfth Duke of the Archipelago, etc., from 1418 to 1433, son of the tenth Duke Francesco I Crispo Francesco I Crispo, Patrizio Veneto (died 1397) was the tenth Duke of the Archipelago through his ...

his heir and successor.

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