Pietro Cornaro, also known as Peter Cornaro or Corner (died in 1387 or 1388), was
Lord of Argos and Nauplia in
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 ...
from 1377.
Early life
Pietro was the son of
Federico Cornaro of the
Santa Lucia branch. He was born before 1363. Being one of the wealthiest Venetian patricians of his age, Federigo could afford to conduct his own foreign policy. Historian Anthony Luttrell proposes that Federigo arranged Pietro's marriage with
Maria of Enghien
Maria of Enghien, also known as Marie of Enghien or d'Enghien (after 1363–1392/1393), was the Lady of Argos and Nauplia in Frankish Greece from 1376 or 1377 to 1388. Because she was a minor when she inherited the lordship from her father, G ...
,
Lady of Argos and Nauplia, in 1377 most probably because he wanted to establish a commercial basis in the
Peloponnese. The Senate of Venice authorized him on 16 July 1377 to arm a galley and to transport Maria to Venice.
Lord of Argos and Nauplia
Pietro's marriage with Maria made him her co-ruler in 1377, but he was still young. His father took care of the defense of Argos and Nauplia and sent supplies to the two towns in 1378. Federigo also bought a galley to defend the lordship against pirates in 1381. Heavy taxation during the
War of Chioggia
The War of Chioggia ( it, Guerra di Chioggia) was a conflict between Genoa and Venice which lasted from 1378 to 1381, from which Venice emerged triumphant. It was a part of the Venetian-Genoese Wars.
The war had mixed results. Venice and her alli ...
and a financial crisis menaced the family's position, but Pietro could keep his lordship after his father died in 1382. Pietro went to Argos to command the defense of Argos and Nauplia against the pirates in 1383. He returned to Venice, but he was planning to again visit his lordship in early 1385. Pietro was one of the lords in Frankish Greece whom King
Peter IV of Aragon informed about his appointment of Bernard of Cornella as his vicar-general in the
Duchy of Athens
The Duchy of Athens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, ''Doukaton Athinon''; Catalan: ''Ducat d'Atenes'') was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade as part of th ...
on 17 August 1387. Pietro died in 1387 or 1388. His widow sold the lordship to Venice on 12 December 1388.
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Lords of Argos and Nauplia
House of Cornaro
1380s deaths
14th-century Venetian people