Gattilusi

The Gattilusio were an influential medieval patrician family from Genoa. Middle of the 14th century succeeded Francesco I Gattilusio by its close ties to the Byzantine Emperor to come to the regional power in the Aegean. The emperor granted him and his heirs the rule of the island of Lesbos. In the following decades the Gattilusio been able to extend their power to Ainos, Lemnos, Thasos, Samothrace and Phocaea, where they founded Genoese colonies. Through marriage policy, the connections to the Byzantine imperial family and the Christian Nobility of the Mediterranean were consolidated. With the rise of the Ottomans in the 15th century, the Gattilusio lost their possessions and their influence in the Aegean Sea. 1462 was the last possession, the island of Lesbos, where in 1355 the rule of the Gattilusio had begun, lost to the Ottomans.

Members of the family Gattilusio

Francesco I and his descendants:

  • Francesco I Gattilusio (* 1330, † 1384 ), Archon of Lesbos Andronico Gattilusio ( * after 1357, † 1384 )
  • Domenico Gattilusio ( * after 1357, † 1384 )
  • Jacopo Gattilusio, called Francesco II Gattilusio (* 1370, † 1403 or 1404), Archon of Lesbos Jacopo Gattilusio (* 1390, † 1428), Archon of Lesbos, 1414 Lord of Thasos
  • Dorino I. Gattilusio (* um 1395, † 1455 ), Archon of Lesbos, Lord of Phocaea and Thasos Francesco III. Gattilusio, Lord of Thasos
  • Domenico Gattilusio († 1458 ), Archon of Lesbos
  • Niccolo II Gattilusio († 1462 ), Archon of Lesbos
  • Ginevra Gattilusio († 1442 ), wife of Jacopo II Crispo, Duke of Archipelago
  • Caterina Gattilusio, wife of Emperor Constantine XI. of Byzantium
  • Gattilusio Maria, wife of Prince Alexander, a son of Emperor Alexios Komnenos of Trebizond
  • Giorgio Gattilusio († 1449 )
  • Dorino II Gattilusio ( † after 1488 ), Lord of Ainos
  • Caterina Gattilusio, wife of Marino Doria
  • Ginevra Gattilusio († 1489 ), wife of the Doge Lodovico Fregoso of Genoa
  • Constanza Gattilusio, wife of Giangaleazzo Fregoso
  • Namtlich unknown daughter, wife of Francesco III. Gattilusio

Other family members:

  • Niccolo I. Gattilusio ( * after 1330; ? † 1409 ), brother of Francesco I and Lord of Ainos
  • Luchino Gattilusio († 1462 ), cousin of Niccolo II

Archons of Lesbos

The archons ( ruler or lord ) of the rule of Lesbos, which existed from 1355 to 1462, came from the Gattilusio family. With the occupation of the island of Lesbos by the Ottomans in 1462 the rule of the Gattilusio ended on Lesbos. The following persons were Archon of Lesbos:

Sources and Links

  • Http://genealogy.euweb.cz
  • Http://www.mittelalter-genealogie.de
  • Italian noble family
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