Louis of Burgundy

Louis of Burgundy (* 1297, † August 2, 1316 ) was Prince of Achaea and titular King of Thessaloniki; He was a younger son of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy and Agnes of France.

In 1313 he was part of a complex marriage alliance, which was closed to secure the Angevin and Burgundian control over the Frankish possessions in Greece. On July 31, 1313 he married Matilda of Hainaut, granddaughter and heiress of William II of Villehardouin, the Philip I of Taranto had given the principality of Achaia as feudal. Ludwig began his own claims from the family estate to his brother Hugo V. of Burgundy, of the title of King of Thessalonica gave him in return, which was in 1266 sold to the Burgundians. Ludwig made ​​after Philip of Taranto fealty, as the de jure uxoris and Titularkaiser of Constantinople Opel had sovereignty over Thessalonica and agreed to participate in a campaign to retake the Latin Empire to.

Matilda and Ludwig Achaia reached in different ways, they he Venice where he had made ​​representations to aid in the Venetian Republic with 1,000 troops by ship via Marseille and Navarino. Ferdinand of Majorca, which also rose de iure uxoris claim to the Principality ( he was married to Isabelle de Sabran, who was descended from the younger daughter of William II ) was landed in 1315 in Greece and Glarentza had conquered, Mathilde came later in the same year, and some barons, including the Count of Cephalonia, joined her. On February 22, 1316 she was beaten by Ferdinand in the Battle of Picotin. Around the same time reached Ludwig Greece, made ​​an unsuccessful attempt to conquer the castle of Chalandritsa, but could on 5 July 1316 beat Ferdinand in the Battle of Manolada, although this reinforcement of the Kingdom of Majorca and the Catalan company had fetched. Four weeks later, Ludwig, the Chronicle of Morea died, according to a fever, while the Catalan Declaration assumed summa poison that was administered by Count John of Cephalonia. His death left an unsecured principality with his brother Odo IV of Burgundy, Matilda of Hainaut and the Angevinen as claimant.