| Leo Sgouros | |
|---|---|
| Despot and lord of the Argolid, Corinthia and Central Greece | |
 Lead seal of Leo Sgouros as sebastohypertatos | |
| Reign | ca. 1198 – 1208 |
| Predecessor | Theodore Sgouros (as Lord of Nauplia) |
| Successor | Frankish conquest: Boniface of Montferrat over Central Greece, Otto de la Roche as Lord of Argos and Nauplia |
| Died | 1208 Acrocorinth |
| Spouse | Eudokia Angelina |
| House | Sgouros |
Leo Sgouros (Greek: Λέων Σγουρός), Latinized as Leo Sgurus, was a Greek independent lord in the northeastern Peloponnese in the early 13th century. The scion of the magnate Sgouros family, he succeeded his father as hereditary lord in the region of Nauplia. Taking advantage of the disruption caused by the Fourth Crusade, he made himself independent, one of several local rulers that appeared throughout the Byzantine Empire during the final years of the Angeloi dynasty.[1] He expanded his domain into Corinthia and Central Greece, eventually marrying the daughter of former Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203). His conquests, however, were short-lived, as the Crusaders forced him back into the Peloponnese. Blockaded in his stronghold on the Acrocorinth, he committed suicide in 1208.
- ^ Magdalino 2002, p. 491.