Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros

Italian noble, regent of the Duchy of the Archipelago
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Nicholas Crispo, Patrizio Veneto (or Niccolò; 1392–1450), became Lord of Syros in 1420 and Regent of the Duchy of the Archipelago between 1447 and 1450. He was a son of Francesco I Crispo, tenth Duke of the Archipelago, and wife Fiorenza I Sanudo, Lady of Milos, and brother of Dukes Giacomo I, John II and William II.

He married in 1413 Princess Valenza-Eudokia Komnena and had ten children:

  • Caterina Crispo (1415–14??), married in 1429 Angelo I Gozzadini, Lord of Kythnos (- 1468/76)
  • Lucrezia Crispo (1416–14??), married Nobil Huomo Leone Malipiero, Patrizio Veneto
  • Francesco II Crispo
  • Petronilla Crispo (1419–14??), married in 1437 Nobil Huomo Jacopo Priuli, Patrizio Veneto
  • Maria Crispo (1420/1421–14??), married Nobil Huomo Nicolo Balbi, Patrizio Veneto
  • Fiorenza Crispo (1422–1501), married in 1444 Nobil Huomo Marco Cornaro, Cavaliere del Sacro Romano Impero, Patrizio Veneto (Venice, December 1406 – Venice, 1 August 1479), and had:
  • Valenza Crispo (1424–14??), married Nobil Huomo Giovanni Loredan, Patrizio Veneto
  • Marco Crispo (1425–14??), Knight of the Knights Hospitaller, who had illegitimate issue
  • Violante Crispo (1427–14??), married Nobil Huomo Caterino Zeno, Patrizio Veneto, Diplomat of the Venetian Republic
  • Anthony Crispo, Lord of Syros
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