The Lordship of Phocaea ( el, Ηγεμονία της Φώκαιας) was founded after in 1275, when the Genoese nobleman Manuele Zaccaria received the twin towns of

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and

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as a fief from the

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. The Zaccaria family amassed a considerable fortune from their properties there, especially the rich

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mines. The Zaccaria held the lordship until 1340, when it was repossessed by the Byzantines under

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Lords of Old and New Phocaea

* 1275–1288 Manuele Zaccaria * 1288–1304 Benedetto I Zaccaria * 1304–1314

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* 1314–1331 Andriolo Cattaneo (he married Aeliana Zaccaria) * 1331–1340

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Governors of Old and New Phocaea

* 1302–1307 Tedisio Zaccaria * 1307 Nicolino Zaccaria * 1307–1314 Andriolo Cattaneo * 1329 Arrigo Tartaro

Sources

Ανέκδοτα νομίσματα και μολυβδόβουλλα των κατά τους μέσους αιώνας Δυναστών της Ελλάδος / υπό Παύλου Λάμπρου, Εν Αθήναις : Εκ του Τυπογραφείου αδελφών Πέρρη, 1880
pages 66–73 * Phocaea States of Frankish and Latin Greece Genoese colonies States and territories established in 1275 States and territories disestablished in 1340 1340 disestablishments in Asia Byzantine Empire–Republic of Genoa relations {{Turkey-hist-stub