Niccolò Gattilusio, Lord of Ainos

Niccolo I. Gattilusio ( Niccolo Gattilusio ) (* probably around 1330, † 1409 ) was from 1376 to 1409, the first Lord of Ainos.

He came from the prestigious Genoese patrician family Gattilusio and was the younger brother of the Archon Francesco I Gattilusio of Lesbos.

After his brother had obtained in 1355 by Emperor John V of Byzantine domination Lesbos as thanks for his military aid, the Gattilusio benefited from the progenuesischen policy of the Byzantine emperors. IV Especially with the beginning of the reign of Emperor Andronikos won the Gattilusio influence Francesco I brought in 1376, the city on the river Maritza Ainos in Thrace under his control and left them to the reign of his brother Niccolo, who founded the so-called "Younger line Gattilusio ". Niccolo I. consolidated his rule to 1379 and achieved the recognition by the Byzantine emperor, as Lord of Ainos.

After the death of his brother Francesco I. during an earthquake in 1384 supported Niccolo I. whose minor son Jacopo, called Francesco II, to 1387 in its reign as the new Archon of Lesbos. From 1403 to 1408 I was the guardian of Niccolo also minor Archon Gattilusio Jacopo of Lesbos.

As Niccolo was childless, he determined Palamede Gattilusio, a grandson of his brother Francesco I. Gattilusio, the heir. After Niccolo 's death in 1409 he succeeded as Lord of Ainos Palamede.

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• Born in the 14th century
• Died in 1409
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