Английская Википедия:Francesca Acciaioli

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Francesca Acciaioli or Acciajuoli (died 1430) was the wife of Carlo I Tocco, Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos.

Early life

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Francesca's father, Nerio I Acciaioli

Francesca was the younger of the two daughters of Nerio I Acciaioli and Agnes de' Saraceni.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Nerio AcciaioliШаблон:Mdasha scion of a prominent banking house of FlorenceШаблон:Mdashmoved to Frankish Greece in the 1360s.Шаблон:Sfn Initially, he acted on behalf of his powerful kinsman, Niccolò Acciaioli, who adopted him as his son.Шаблон:Sfn Nerio seized large domains in the Principality of Achaea: Niccolò's son, Angelo, mortgaged Corinth to him and Nerio captured Megara by force.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Francesca's maternal grandfather, Saraceno de' Saraceni, was a Venetian citizen in Negroponte.Шаблон:Sfn Nerio and Agnes get married before 1381.Шаблон:Sfn

Negotiations about Francesca's marriage with a son of Felipe Dalmau, the vicar-general of the Duchy of Athens, were futile in 1382.Шаблон:Sfn Plans about Francesca's marriage with Angelo Acciaioli's son did not materialize either in 1388.Шаблон:Sfn By 1388, Nerio became the actual ruler of the Duchy of Athens.Шаблон:Sfn

Countess

Francesca was given in marriage to Carlo I Tocco, Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos between 1388 and 1393.Шаблон:Sfn Carlo I's mother, Maddalena de' Buondelmonti, had arranged the marriage, expecting that Francesca was to inherit parts of her father's domains, because she had no legitimate brothers.Шаблон:Sfn According to canon law, the marriage was incestuous, because Maddalena was Niccolò Acciaioli's niece, but its legality was never questioned.Шаблон:Sfn

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