Person
Nerio II Acciaioli
Duke of Athens
Nerio II Acciaioli (1416–1451) is the Duke of Athens on two separate occasions from 1435 to 1439 and again from 1441 to 1451.
He is a member of the Acciaioli family of Florence, the son of Francesco II, Lord of Sykaminon.
His rule is contemporaneous with a renewed Italian philhellenism and corresponding interest in antiquities and the Greek language.
Nerio not only speaks Greek naturally, but also ownsthe most famous monuments of the Hellenic world in his capital of Athens.