Guglielmo Embriaco

Guglielmo Embriaco
Guglielmo Embriaco portrayed on the main façade of the Palazzo San Giorgio, Genoa
ReignGibelet (Byblos).
Bornc. 1040
Genoa
Died1102
HouseEmbriaco family

Guglielmo Embriaco (Latin Guillermus Embriacus,[1] Genoese Ghigærmo de ri Embrieghi,[2] English William the Drunkard; born c. 1040), was a Genoese merchant and military leader who came to the assistance of the Crusader States in the aftermath of the First Crusade. Embriaco is considered one of the founders of what would become the Republic of Genoa.

  1. ^ Cafari, Annales, De liberatione civitatum orientis: ecce Guillermus ianuensis Embriacus, et Primus frater eius
  2. ^ Gaitan Gallin, Ra Gerusalemme deliverâ, 1755, XVIII-43