Jacopo Gattilusio (or ''Giacomo''; died 1428) was the third Lord of Lesbos. He was the eldest son of

Francesco II of Lesbos Francesco II Gattilusio (born Giacomo Gattilusio or ''Jacopo'' c. 1365 – 26 October 1403/1404) was the second Gattilusio lord of Lesbos, from 1384 to his death. He was the third son of Francesco I Gattilusio and Maria Palaiologina, the sister of ...

, whom he succeeded as lord of the island on 26 October 1404. William Miller summarized Jacopo's motivation as a semi-autonomous ruler was to favor

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interests when they conflicted with

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ones, but to cooperate with both when they showed signs of uniting against his neighbors, the

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. For example, he aided Centurione II Zaccaria, Prince of Achaea against the Tocchi of Cephalonia and Zante. He had no sons, so on his death he was succeeded by his younger brother

Dorino I Gattilusio Dorino Gattilusio (died 30 June 1455) was the fourth Gattilusio Lord of Lesbos from 1428 until his death. He ruled Lesbos at a time of increasing Ottoman power, and his last years were preoccupied with maintaining some measure of independence. L ...

Marriage

Jacopo was married to Bona Grimaldi. Only one child is known: *A daughter. Married to

Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros Nicholas Crispo, Patrizio Veneto (or ''Niccolò''; 1392–1450), became Lord of Syros in 1420 and Regent of the Duchy of the Archipelago between 1447 and 1450. He was a son of Francesco I Crispo, tenth Duke of the Archipelago, and wife Fiorenza I ...

. He was a son of Francesco I Crispo of the

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. Niccolò mentioned Jacopo as his father-in-law in his correspondence from the year 1426. However the name of his wife remains unknown. Niccolò had eleven children but no record exists of their mother or mothers. An account by

Caterino Zeno Mario Caterino (; born June 14, 1957 in Casal di Principe) is an Italian Camorrista and member in the Casalesi clan from Casal di Principe in the province of Caserta between Naples and Salerno. He was on the "most wanted list" of the Italian min ...

dated to 1474 names Niccolò as married to an otherwise unknown Eudoksia Valenza, sister of Theodora Megale Komnene, daughter of John IV of Trebizond, but this is debunked, as John had an only daughter.Discussed in Michel Kuršanskis
"La descendance d'Alexis IV, empereur de Trébizonde. Contribution à la prosopographie des Grands Comnènes"
''Revue des études byzantines'', 37 (1979), pp. 239-247. Kuršanskis has argued that Valenza was actually a native of an Italian city, or did not exist at all.

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