Narjot (or Narjod) de Toucy (died 1293) was the son of

Philip of Toucy Philippe de Toucy (died 12 January 1277) was a French Crusader nobleman and ''Bailli'' of the Latin Empire. Philippe was the son of Narjot de Toucy, a senior lord of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, and a daughter of the Byzantine lord Theodo ...

and of Portia de Roye. Narjot was therefore the grandson of his

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who died in 1241. Narjot de Toucy was Lord of Laterza,

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of the

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of the

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in 1277, and

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of the

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in 1282. On 23 June 1287 he helped command an Angevin galley fleet which was defeated by a fleet commanded by

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in the Battle of the Counts. In c. 1275 or 1278 he married Lucia I, titular princess of Antioch, who was to become Countess of

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in 1288, later titular. They had one son,

Philippe II de Toucy Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince Philippe, Count ...

, who inherited the lordship of Laterza on Narjot's death in 1293 and the claim to Antioch on Lucia's death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Toucy, Narjot De 13th-century French nobility 1293 deaths Year of birth unknown Narjot Baillis of the Principality of Achaea Vicars-General of the Kingdom of Albania Charles I of Anjou Medieval admirals 13th-century people of the Principality of Achaea