Back Ηγεμονία της Χίου Greek Señorío de Quíos Spanish اربابنشین خیوس Persian Խիոսի իշխանություն Armenian Signoria di Chio Italian Scignorîa de Scîo LIJ Księstwo Chios Polish Senhorio de Quio Portuguese Хиос (сеньория) Russian Хіоська сеньйорія Ukrainian
| Lordship of Chios Χίος | |||||||||
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| Genoese lordship in Byzantine territory | |||||||||
| 1304–1329 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Chios | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 40°38′N 22°57′E / 40.633°N 22.950°E | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Feudal lordship | ||||||||
| Lord | |||||||||
• 1304–1307 | Benedetto I Zaccaria | ||||||||
• 1307–1314 | Benedetto II "Paleologo" Zaccaria | ||||||||
• 1314–1329 | Martino Zaccaria | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1304 | ||||||||
• Reconquest by the Byzantines | 1329 | ||||||||
• Capture of Chios by the Genoese | 1346 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Greece | ||||||||
The Lordship of Chios was a short-lived autonomous lordship run by the Genoese Zaccaria family. Its core was the eastern Aegean island of Chios, and in its height it encompassed a number of other islands off the shore of Asia Minor. Although theoretically a vassal of the Byzantine Empire, the Zaccaria ruled the island as a practically independent domain from its capture in 1304 until the Greek-Byzantines recovered it, with the support of the local Greek population, in 1329. The island would return to Genoese control in 1346 under the Maona of Chios and Phocaea.