Nicholas Crispo, Patrizio

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(or ''Niccolò''; 1392–1450), became Lord of

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in 1420 and Regent of the

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between 1447 and 1450. He was a son of Francesco I Crispo, tenth Duke of the Archipelago, and wife Fiorenza I Sanudo, Lady of Milos, and brother of Dukes Giacomo I,

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and William II.

Marriage and issue

It is not known for certain how many wives he had. In a letter dated 1426 Crispo says he was married to the daughter of Jacopo Gattilusio, lord of

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. In a 1474 chronicle by the Venetian traveller

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it is said that he was married to an Eudoksia Valenza, of whom there is no other mention in any source. Although Zeno claims that she was a daughter of

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, this has been disproved by historiographical research, which has shown that John had an only daughter, Theodora Despina (married to Uzun Hassan of Ak Koyunlu). Alternative identities have been proposed for Valenza: whether it was the name of Gattilusio's daughter, whether she was a daughter of

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or whether she was a Genoese woman. * Caterina Crispo, married in 1429 Angelo I Gozzadini, Lord of Kythnos (- 1468/76) * Lucrezia Crispo, married ''Nobil Huomo'' Leone Malipiero, Patrizio

* Francesco II Crispo * Petronilla Crispo, married in 1437 ''Nobil Huomo'' Jacopo Priuli, Patrizio

* Maria Crispo, married ''Nobil Huomo'' Nicolo Balbi, Patrizio

* Fiorenza Crispo (–1501), married in 1444 ''Nobil Huomo''

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del Sacro Romano Impero, Patrizio

(

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, December 1406 –

, 1 August 1479), and had: ** '' Giorgio Cornaro'' ** ''

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'' * Valenza Crispo, married ''Nobil Huomo'' Giovanni Loredan, Patrizio

* Marco Crispo,

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of the

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, who had illegitimate issue * Violante Crispo, married ''Nobil Huomo''

, Patrizio

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of the Venetian Republic, and had: ** Adriana Zeno ** Pietro Zeno ** A daughter *

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References

* An account by

dated to 1474 names Niccolò as married to an otherwise unknown Valenza, sister of Theodora Megali Komnene, daughter of John IV of Trebizond. Whether this means Niccolò took a second wife or whether Zeno was in error has been debated by genealogists 1392 births 1450 deaths Duchy of the Archipelago

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