Martino Zaccaria, Lord of Chios

Lord of Chios, ruler of several other Aegean islands, and baron of Veligosti–Damala and Chalandritsa in the Principality of Achaea

1290 CE to 1345 CE

Martino Zaccaria is the Lord of Chios from 1314 to 1329, ruler of several other Aegean islands, and baron of Veligosti–Damala and Chalandritsa in the Principality of Achaea.

He distinguishes himself in the fight against Turkish corsairs in the Aegean Sea, and receives the title of "King and Despot of Asia Minor" from the titular Latin Emperor, Philip II.

He is deposed from his rule of Chios by an imperial expedition in 1329, and imprisoned in Constantinople until 1337.

Martino now returns to Italy, where he is named the Genoese ambassador to the Holy See.

He is named commander of the Papal squadron in the Smyrniote crusade against Umur Bey, ruler of the Emirate of Aydin, in 1343, and participates in the storming of Smyrna in October 1344.

He is killed, along with several other of the crusade's leaders, in a Turkish attack on January 17, 1345.

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