John Asen Zaccaria

John Asen Zaccaria
Prince of Achaea
Reign1453 - 1454
PredecessorCenturione II Zaccaria
Prince of Achaea (titular)
Reign1454–1469
Died1469
Italy, Rome
SpouseMagdalene Tocco
IssueAntonio Zaccaria Angelo Zaccaria
HouseZaccaria
FatherCenturione II Zaccaria
MotherPalaiologina Asenina
ReligionRoman Catholic

John Asen Zaccaria or Asanes Zaccaria (Italian: Giovanni Asano Zaccaria; died 1469) was the firstborn son of Centurione II Zaccaria and a Byzantine princess from the Asen branch of the imperial Palaiologos family.[1]

He was proclaimed Prince of Achaea during the great Morean revolt of 1453-54 and was recognized as such by the King of Naples, the Republics of Venice and Genoa, and the Papacy. He was called Centurione III, following his paternal name, and is considered to be the last ruling Prince of Achaea having ruled from Morea,[2] as well as the first titular Prince of Achaea in exile.[3][4]

  1. ^ Sturdza, Mihail Dimitri (1999). Grandes familles de Grèce: d'Albanie et de Constantinople (in French). p. 373.
  2. ^ Haberstumpf, Walter (1995). Dinastie europee nel Mediterraneo orientale. Torino: Scriptorium. p. 240.
  3. ^ Trapp, Erich (1978). 6490. Ζαχαρίας Κεντυρίων. Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit Vol.3 (in German). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 6492.
  4. ^ Miller, William (1908). The Latins in the Levant, A History of Frankish Greece (1204-1566). EP Dutton & Co. p. 675.

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