Princess of Achaea explained

This is a list of the princess consorts of Achaea, the consorts of the Princes of Achaea.

The Principality of Achaea had three princesses by their own rights: Isabella, Matilda, and Joan. Their husbands were not consorts. Maria II Zaccaria was princess consort and later reigning princess.

Princess consort of Achaea

House of Villehardouin, 1209–1278

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame PrincessCeased to be PrincessDeathSpouse
Elisabeth of ChappesClarembaud IV de Chappes1210
husband's accession
1218after 1218Geoffrey I of Villehardouin
Agnes of CourtenayPeter II of Courtenay
(Courtenay)
12021217, after April1228
husband's accession
1246
husband's death
after 1247Geoffrey II of Villehardouin
Carintana dalle CarceriRizzardo dalle Carceri, Lord of Oreos
(dalle Carceri)
before 122012461246
husband's accession
1255William II of Villehardouin
Anna Komnene DoukainaMichael II Komnenos Doukas
(Komnenodoukai)
-12581 May 1278
husband's death
4 November 1286

Capetian House of Anjou, 1278–1289

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame PrincessCeased to be PrincessDeathSpouse
Margaret of BurgundyOdo, Count of Nevers
(Burgundy)
1250 18 November 12687 January 1285
husband's death
4 September 1308Charles I of Naples
Maria of HungaryStephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)
1257May/June 12707 January 1285
husband's ascession
1289
Achaea granted back to Isabella of Villehardouin
25 March 1323Charles II of Naples

House of Villehardouin, 1289–1307

House of Avesnes, 1313-1321

After 1318 the title to Matilda's right to Achaea became disputed with Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy and Louis, Count of Clermont. She was stripped of her titles and hereditary rights after she wouldn't comply with her marriage to John of Gravina. Philip I of Taranto bestowed the title on John instead, bringing the title back into the Angevin inheritance, while Matilda verbally willed her right to her cousin James II of Majorca.

Capetian House of Anjou, 1321–1381

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame PrincessCeased to be PrincessDeathSpouse
Agnes de PérigordHelie VII, Count of Périgord
(Talleyrand)
-14 November 13211332
relinquish title in exchange for rights to the Kingdom of Albania
after 11 August 1343John of Gravina
Marie de BourbonLouis I, Duke of Bourbon
(Bourbon)
13159 September 134710 September 1364
husband's death
1387Robert of Taranto
Maria of CalabriaCharles, Duke of Calabria
(Anjou-Naples)
May 1329April 135510 September 1364
husband's accession
20 May 1366Philip II of Taranto
Elizabeth of SlavoniaStephen, Duke of Slavonia
(Anjou-Hungary)
135220 October 13701373
husband relinquish title to Joan I of Naples
before 1380

Capetian House of Anjou, 1383–1386

House of Zaccaria, 1396-1429/54

Achaea was united with the Despotate of the Morea after the death of Centurione II Zaccaria.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sphrantzes, Georgios . Short History . Kanakis . 2006 . 960-7420-94-2 . 113 . Greek.
  2. Book: Archivio storico per le province napoletane . 1902 . 0366670484 . 834.
  3. Book: Haberstumpf, Walter . Dinastie europee nel Mediterraneo orientale . Scriptorium . 1995 . Torino . 240.