The margraviate or marquisate of Bodonitsa (also Vodonitsa or Boudonitza; el, Μαρκιωνία/Μαρκιζᾶτον τῆς Βοδονίτσας), today Mendenitsa,

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(180 km northwest of

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), was a Frankish state in

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following the conquests of the

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. It was originally granted as a margravial holding of

Guy Pallavicini Guy or Guido Pallavicini, called Marchesopoulo by his Greek subjects, was the first marquess of Bodonitsa in Frankish Greece from 1204 to his death in or shortly after 1237. He was one of the most important Frankish rulers in Greece, and played a ...

by Boniface, first king of Thessalonica, in 1204. Its original purpose was to guard the pass of Thermopylae. The marquisate survived the fall of Thessalonica after the death of Boniface, but it was made subservient to the Principality of Achaea in 1248. The marquisate further survived the coming of the Catalan Company in 1311, but it fell to two

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families in quick succession:

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(till 1335) and the

Zorzi The House of Zorzi or Giorgi was a noble family of Venetian origin. They thrived in the Late Middle Ages, especially in the remnants of the Latin Empire in Greece, where they controlled the Margraviate of Bodonitsa and through marriage the Duchy ...

. Among the eighteen Catalan vassals of the area in 1380-1 the Margrave of Bodonitsa ranks third below Count Demitre and the Count of Salona. The Zorzi ruled the marquisate until the

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conquered it in 1414.

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continued to use the margravial title after that date, but the territory was never recovered.

Margraves

Pallavicini

Thomas inherited the

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margraviate after a dispute with Isabella's widower. He was a grandson of Rubino, brother of Guy. *1204 – 1237 Guy *1237 – 1278 Ubertino *1278 – 1286 Isabella **1278 – 1286 (?)

Antoine le Flamenc Anthony le Flamenc (french: Antoine le Flamenc, it, Antonio Fiammengo, lat, Antonius Flamengo, el, Αντώνιος Λε Φλαμά; ) was an early 14th-century Frankish knight and lord of Karditsa (now Akraifnio) in the region of Boeotia, in th ...

, husband (conjectured) *1286 – ca. 1300

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*ca. 1300 – 1311 Albert **1311 – 1323

Maria dalle Carceri Maria dalle Carceri (died 1323) was sovereign marchioness of Bodonitsa from 1311 until 1323. She succeeded her late spouse Albert Pallavicini on his death in 1311. While she avoided submitting her principality to the Catalan Company, she could n ...

, wife **1312 – 1323 Andrea Cornaro, husband of above *1311 – 1358 Guglielma **1327 – 1334

Bartolommeo Zaccaria Bartolomeo (or Bartolommeo) Zaccaria (died 1334) was the first husband of Guglielma Pallavicini (married 1327) and thus Marquess of Bodonitsa in her right. He also carried the title Lord of Damala during his lifetime. As the eldest son of Marti ...

, husband

Zorzi

The first

was a husband of Guglielma. *1335 – 1345 Nicholas I *1345 – 1388

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*1388 – 1410

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*1410 – 1411

*1411 – 1414 Nicholas III

References

Sources

* * *Setton, Kenneth M. ''Catalan Domination of Athens 1311–1380''. Revised edition. Variorum: London, 1975. * Bodonitsa Principality of Achaea States of Frankish and Latin Greece History of Phthiotis Medieval Central Greece Former monarchies {{europe-hist-stub