Leonard of Veroli ( it, Leonardo da Veroli, died 1281) was the chancellor to and close adviser of

William II Villehardouin William of Villehardouin (french: Guillaume de Villehardouin; Kalamata, 1211 – 1 May 1278) was the fourth prince of Achaea in Frankish Greece, from 1246 to 1278. The younger son of Prince Geoffrey I, he held the Barony of Kalamata ...

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. He was one of only two high officials of Achaea, the other being Peter of Vaux, not captured or killed at the Battle of Pelagonia.

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, ''Mediaeval Greece'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981), p. 95 Leonard was one of the few Italians who reached high posts on the Achaean Principality. It is unknown when exactly he came to the

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, but in ca. 1252 he married Margaret, the daughter of Narjot de Toucy, then

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of the

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.Bon (1969), p. 127 He participated in the so-called "Ladies Parliament" of

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in 1261, and enjoyed the complete confidence of William II. In 1267, he ratified the

Treaty of Viterbo The Treaty of Viterbo (or the Treaties of Viterbo) was a pair of agreements made by Charles I of Sicily with Baldwin II of Constantinople and William II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea, on 24 and 27 May 1267, which transferred much of the rights to ...

on behalf of William, sealing a marital pact between Philip, the son of

Charles I of Sicily Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–85) and Forcalquier (1246–48, 1256–85) i ...

and William's daughter

Isabella of Villehardouin Isabella of Villehardouin (1260/1263 – 23 January 1312) was reigning Princess of Achaea from 1289 to 1307. She was the elder daughter of Prince William II of Achaea and of his third wife, Anna Komnene Doukaina, the second daughter of Michael II ...

and providing for the transfer of the Principality to the Angevins. Leonard died childless ca. 1281.

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