Centurione I Zaccaria

Centurione Zaccaria
Grand Constable of the Principality of Achaea
Reign1370-1382
Baron of Damala
Reign1334-1382
PredecessorMartino Zaccaria and Jacqueline de la Roche
Baron of Chalandritsa
Reign1345-1382
PredecessorMartino Zaccaria and Jacqueline de la Roche
Baron of Estamira
Reign1370-1382
PredecessorPhillip II of Taranto
Lord of Lisarea
Reign?-1382
PredecessorLady Asenina
Died1382
SpouseLady Asenina
IssueAndronikos Filippo Martino Manuele Maria
HouseZaccaria
FatherMartino Zaccaria
MotherJacqueline de la Roche
ReligionRoman Catholic

Centurione I Zaccaria[1] was one of the most powerful nobles of the Principality of Achaea in the 14th century. He was the firstborn son of Martino Zaccaria and Jackqueline de la Roche, last representant of the prestigious Burgundian house of the Duchy of Athens. In 1334 Centurione succeeded his brother, Bartolomeo Zaccaria as baron of Damala.[2] After the death of Martino he rose as lord of one half of the Barony of Chalandritsa, and in 1359 he acquired the other half. In about 1370 he was named Grand Constable of Achaea and received also the Barony of Estamira. He also thrice held the post of bailli (viceroy) for the principality's Angevin rulers.

  1. ^ Hopf, Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann (1873). Chroniques Gréco-Romanes Inédites ou peu Connues. Berlin, Germany: Librairie de Weidmann. p. 502.
  2. ^ Carr, Mike (2014). Contact and Conflict in Frankish Greece and the Aegean, 1204-1453. p. 130.