Nicholas III dalle Carceri (or ''Nicolò''; died 1383), ninth

Duke of the Archipelago The Duchy of the Archipelago (, , ), also known as Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean, was a maritime state created by Venetian interests in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, centered on the i ...

and Lord of Euboea, was the only son of the first marriage of eighth Duchess

Florence Sanudo Florence Sanudo or ''Fiorenza'' (died 1371), was Duchess of the Archipelago in 1362–1371, in co-regency with her second spouse. Life Florence Sanudo was the daughter and successor of John I, Duke of the Archipelago. She first married Giovann ...

, whom he succeeded in 1371, to

Giovanni dalle Carceri Giovanni dalle Carceri (died 1358) was a Lord of Euboea.Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 549 He was the son of Peter dalle C ...

, Lord of Euboea.Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 549 He married Petronilla, daughter of

Leonardo I Tocco Leonardo I Tocco (died 1375/1377) was the count palatine of the islands of Cephalonia and Zakynthos from 1357 until his death, and later lord of Ithaca, Lefkada, and the port of Vonitsa as well. He was the son of Guglielmo Tocco, the Angevin go ...

, without issue. He had an illegitimate son, named Francesco. After his murder in 1383, Nicholas was succeeded by

Francesco I Crispo Francesco I Crispo, Patrizio Veneto (died 1397) was the tenth Duke of the Archipelago through his marriage and the will of Venice. Biography Early life Francesco Crispo was probably born in Verona. He was Lord of Milos, thus a vassal to the Du ...

, who had married his cousin

Fiorenza I Sanudo, Lady of Milos Fiorenza Sanudo (died after 1397) was lady of the island of Milos in Frankish Greece. She was a daughter of Marco Sanudo, Lord of Milos. She married in 1383 Francesco I Crispo, who became the tenth Duke of the Archipelago The Duchy of the Arch ...

. He had two half-sisters by his mother's second marriage to their cousin Nicholas II Sanudo, called Spezzabanda, whom the Venetians entitled eight Consort Duke:

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and Elisabetta Sanudo.

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Ancestry of Sultana Nur-Banu (Cecilia Venier-Baffo)
1383 deaths House of Sanudo Nicholas 03 Triarchs of Negroponte Year of birth unknown 14th-century dukes in Europe 14th-century Venetian people

Nicholas Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...

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