Princess of Achaea

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[edit]

### House of Blois, 1205–1209[edit]

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| Eustachia of Courtenay | Peter I of Courtenay
(Courtenay) | 1162  | 1200  | 1205
husband's accession | 1209
husband's death | 6 April, after 1235  | William of Champlitte

### House of Villehardouin, 1209–1278[edit]

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| Elisabeth of Chappes | Clarembaud IV de Chappes |  |  | 1210
husband's accession | 1218  | after 1218  | Geoffrey I of Villehardouin
| Agnes of Courtenay | Peter II of Courtenay
(Courtenay) | 1202  | 1217, after April  | 1228
husband's accession | 1246
husband's death | after 1247  | Geoffrey II of Villehardouin
| Carintana dalle Carceri | Rizzardo dalle Carceri, Lord of Oreos
(dalle Carceri) | before 1220  | 1246  | 1246
husband's accession | 1255  | William II of Villehardouin
| Anna Komnene Doukaina | Michael II Komnenos Doukas
(Komnenodoukai) | \-  | 1258  | 1 May 1278
husband's death | 4 November 1286

### Capetian House of Anjou, 1278–1289[edit]

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| Margaret of Burgundy | Odo, Count of Nevers
(Burgundy) | 1250  | 18 November 1268  | 7 January 1285
husband's death | 4 September 1308  | Charles I of Naples
| Maria of Hungary | Stephen V of Hungary
(Árpád) | 1257  | May/June 1270  | 7 January 1285
husband's ascession | 1289
Achaea granted back to Isabella of Villehardouin | 25 March 1323  | Charles II of Naples

### House of Villehardouin, 1289–1307[edit]

* None

### Capetian House of Anjou, 1307–1313[edit]

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| Thamar Angelina Komnene | Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas
(Komnenodoukai) | \-  | 13 August 1294  | 5 May 1306
husband's bestowment
11 May 1307
House of Villehardouin relinquish claims | 1309
repudiated | 1311  | Philip I of Taranto

### House of Avesnes, 1313-1321[edit]

* None

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[edit]

Picture  | Name  | Father  | Birth  | Marriage  | Became Princess  | Ceased to be Princess  | Death  | Spouse

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| Agnes de Périgord | Helie VII, Count of Périgord
(Talleyrand) | \-  | 14 November 1321  | 1332
relinquish title in exchange for rights to the Kingdom of Albania | after 11 August 1343  | John of Gravina
| Marie de Bourbon | Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
(Bourbon) | 1315  | 9 September 1347  | 10 September 1364
husband's death | 1387  | Robert of Taranto
| Maria of Calabria | Charles, Duke of Calabria
(Anjou-Naples) | May 1329  | April 1355  | 10 September 1364
husband's accession | 20 May 1366  | Philip II of Taranto
| Elizabeth of Slavonia | Stephen, Duke of Slavonia
(Anjou-Hungary) | 1352  | 20 October 1370  | 1373
husband relinquish title to Joan I of Naples | before 1380

### House of Baux, 1381–1383[edit]

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| Agnes of Durazzo | Charles, Duke of Durazzo
(Anjou-Durazzo) | 1345  | 1382  | 7 July 1383
husband's death | 15 July 1388  | James of Baux

### Capetian House of Anjou, 1383–1386[edit]

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| Margaret of Durazzo | Charles, Duke of Durazzo
(Anjou-Durazzo) | 28 July 1347  | 24 January 1369/70  | 7 July 1383
husband's coronation | 24 February 1386
husband's death | 6 August 1412  | Charles III of Naples

* Interregnum: At Charles III's death in 1386 the principality entered an interregnum where five pretenders claimed its throne, none having a strong enough claim to be considered a ruler until Peter of Saint Superan, leader of the Navarrese Company, declared himself Prince in 1396 with the blessing of Pope Urban VI, who claimed ownership of the principality since James of Baux's heirs had forfeited their rights to the Holy See.

### House of Zaccaria, 1396-1429/54[edit]

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| Maria II Zaccaria | Centurione I Zaccaria
(Zaccaria) | \-  | \-  | 1396
husband's accession | 1402
husband's death and her own accession | 1404  | Pedro de San Superano
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| Asenina Palaiologina | Asan Palaiologos  | \-  | \-  | 1404

husband's accession

| 1429 Centurione ceases to be Prince | after 1432  | Centurione II Zaccaria
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| Magdalene Tocco[1] | Leonardo II Tocco | \-  | \-  | 1453
husband's accession and was confirmed as Princess of Achaea by King Alfonso of Naples[2] | 1454
husband's exile, from then onwards she was a titular Princess | \-  | John Asen Zaccaria[3]

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

## See also[edit]

* Princess of Taranto
* Duchess of Athens
* List of consorts of Naples
* List of consorts of Anjou
* List of consorts of Majorca
* List of Latin Empresses

## Sources[edit]

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

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