Nerio II Acciaioli

Nerio II Acciaiuoli (*, ? † 1451 ), was a Duke of Athens from Acciaiuoli family. He was the son of Francesco Acciaiuoli and great-nephew of Duke Nerio I. Acciaiuoli.

Nerio came in 1413 from Florence to Athens. His brothers were Antonio, Bishop of Kaphallenia, and Giovanni, Archbishop of Thebes. With the help of the Ottoman Sultan in 1435, he followed his cousin Antonio I. Acciaiuoli as Duke after and married the Dowager Duchess Maria Melissena. In 1439 he was overthrown by his brother Antonio, after which he went to Florence from exile. He was a participant of the Council on the Church Union was agreed between the Pope and the Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaiologos.

After the death of his brother in 1441 he was able to return to Athens again. 1444 was the despot of Morea, Konstantinos Dragases, in Boeotia and occupied Thebes and Livadia. This Nerio was forced to recognize the suzerainty of the despot. But after the Ottomans had conquered in the battle of Varna, Nerio asked the Sultan successfully pardon for his forced waste. In turn, this led to a brief occupation of Athens by the despot. 1446 to Nerio joined the Ottoman train to Morea and participated in the storming of the Hexamilion. The area occupied by the Ottomans Thebes he no longer got back.

During his reign, he received twice the antiquary Cyriacus of Ancona in Athens.

Nerio was married to his second wife Clara and Giorgio had with her ​​a son, Francesco I Acciaiuoli. After his death, his widow appointed arbitrarily to the ruling Duchess next to her son. She married immediately with her lover, Bartolome Contarini, who had for murdering his first wife.