1355 1384 1403 1428 1455 1458 1462 Lesbos Francesco I. Francesco II. Jacopo Dorino I. 1428-1455 Do. Niccolo II. Ainos (including Thasos, Imbros, Samothraki) Niccolo I. Palamede Dorino II. 1376 1409 1455 1457 End of Byzanz in 1453 GGaattttiilluussiioo - A Genuese family reigning over Lesbos, Ainos, Thasos, Imbros, Samothraki in 13./14. century Graphic by Herbert Frank 2006 (V-1.0) Andronico 1397 Francesco I. Jacopo Valentina Doria Francesco III. 1330? - 6.8.1384 1357 - 6.8.1384 1390 - 1428 from Genua Archon of Lesbos 1355-1384 Archon of Lesbos 1403-1428 Despot of Thasos

Dorino I. Domenico 1395 - 30.6.1455 Orietta Doria Maria-Giustiniana Maria Palaiologina 1415 - 1458 widow of the Emp. of Byzantine Despot of Phokaia and from Genua Longo Domenico Archon of Lesbos 1428-1455 Archon of Lesbos 1455-1458 Andronikos III. Palaiologos 1357 - 6.8.1384

Palamede Unknown Niccolo II. Luchino ? - 1455 1415 - 1462 cousin ? - 1462 Despot of Ainos 1409-1455 Archon of Lesbos 1458-1462 strangled in Istanbul

Francesco II. 1397 (born Jacopo) Eugenia Johannes VII. Ginevra 1444 Jacopo II. Crispo 1370 – 1403/4 ? - 1440 Palaiologos ? - 1489 Archon of Lesbos 1384-1403 ? - 1455, Emperor of Byzantine Duke of Archipelago

brothers Name unknown Helene Stephan Lazarevich Caterina 1441 Konstantinos XI. daughter of Johannes V. 9.2.1404 - 29.5.1453 Palaiologos (Emp. of Byzantine) Despot of Serbia Last Emperor of Byzantine

Niccolo I. Caterina Pietro Grimaldi Maria Alexios IV. Komnenos 1330? - 1409 1382 - 1429 Despot of Ainos 1376-1409 Duke Emperor of Trapizont

A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE GATTILUSIOS FAMILY HISTORY IN THE NORTHERN AEGEAN AREA Francesco I. was born in Genua and became Archon (governor) of Lesbos on 17.6.1355 when the emperor of Byzantine Johannes V. Palaiologos had to reward him for his assistance in the fights against anti-emperor Johannes VI. Kantakuzenos. 1376 he could occupy Ainos and he installed Giorgio Name unknown his brother Niccolo I. as regent there. Francesco I. and his sons Andronico and Domenico died in an earthquake on 6.8.1384 on the island of ? - 1449 Lesbos. LESBOS: The 14 year old son Jocopo followed as Archon of Lesbos and choose the name Franceso II. In 1388 and 1391 Francesco II. participated in the campaigns against the Ottomans and also survived the lost battle of Nikopolis in 1396. His son Jacopo reigned over Lesbos Dorino II. 1465 Elisabette Criso from 1403/4 until 1428. Dorino I. followed the childless brother. From the already weak emperor of Byzantine Johannes VIII. he got the territory of ? - after 1488 daughter of the islands of Thasos and Lemnos. When the Byzanz extincted in 1453, he got tributary to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. and had to hand over Despot of Ainos 1455-1456 Giacomo II. Crispo of Naxos Thasos to the Ottomans. When his brother Niccolo was overthrown as Despot of Lesbos due to an rebellion of the inhabitants, Nicollo came in 1458 to Lesbos, sent his brother Domenico I. to prison and later let him strangle and took over the position as Archon of Lesbos. In 1462 Ottoman Marino Doria troups ravaged Lesbos. After 27 days of siege fell the fortification of Mytilene and Nicollo II. had to surrender to the Ottomans. After 107 years the Caterina rulership of the family of Gattilusio over Lesbos ended. Nicolo II. reached Istanbul on 16.10.1462 and tried to negotiate and even converted to Islam. Whithout success. At the end of 1462 he got strangled on the orders of the sultanultan shortly after his cousin Luchino was sent to death. AINOS: When Niccolo I. died childless in 1409, the grandson of his brother Palamede became his successor. There isn't much known about Palmede. After his death in 1455 his son Dorino II. took regency because his older brother Giorgio had already died in 1499. However, the wife of Ginevra Lodovico Fregoso Giorgio claimed the heir for her sons and therefore devoted to the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II for help. The Ottomans seized the opportunitiy and ? - 1489 von Genua took in 1456 first possession of Ainos and then of Imbros. Finally the Ottomans turned to Samothraki, where Dorino II. stayed at this time. Doge Negotiations with the Mehmed II. failed and the rule of the Gattilusios of Ainos ended 1457 with the surrender of the island of Samothraki. Dorino II. came to Macedonia placed under house arrest but could escape to Naxos in 1460. Constanza Giangaleazzo Fregoso COLORS male members husbands to female members FRAMES Archon of Ainos (including of Gattiluso family of Gattiluso family Thasos, Imbros,Samothraki) female members wifes to male members Archon of Lesbos Name unknown Francesco III. of Gattiluso family of Gattiluso family Duke