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Nicholas III of Saint-Omer was one of the most powerful and influential lords of Frankish Greece. He was hereditary Marshal of the Principality of Achaea, lord of one third of Akova and of one half of Thebes. He also served on three occasions as bailli of the Principality of Achaea.
William of Saint Omer was a French knight, descended from a Fauquembergues family who were castellans of the eponymous castle of Saint-Omer. His father, Nicholas I of Saint Omer, received lands in Boeotia in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade. He later married Margaret of Hungary, the widow of Boniface of Montferrat, Lord of Thessalonica (died 1207). It is unclear when the marriage took place ...
Nicholas was the son of John of Saint-Omer, Marshal of the Principality of Achaea, and Margaret of Passavant, [1] and the grandson of Bela of Saint-Omer, who first received one half of Thebes for his domain from the Duke of Athens (who held the other half). [2] From his father, who died before 1290, Nicholas inherited a third of the
Nicholas I of Saint Omer. French knight who participated in the Fourth Crusade and became a lord in the Frankish Duchy of Athens, father of Bela. Statements.
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Nicholas I of Saint Omer was a French knight who in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade became a lord in the Frankish Duchy of Athens.
Nicholas II of Saint Omer was the lord of half of Thebes in Frankish Greece from 1258 to his death in 1294. From his two marriages he became one of the richest and most powerful barons of his time, building a splendid castle at Thebes as well as the Old Navarino castle. He also served as bailli of the Principality of Achaea on behalf of the Angevins of Naples between 1287 and 1289. He was the ...
