Person

Esau de' Buondelmonti

d. 1411 · 15th century

Esau de' Buondelmonti was a Florentine nobleman who ruled Ioannina in Epirus from 1385 to 1411. He married Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, widow of the murdered ruler Thomas Preljubović, and governed with Byzantine support. In 1399 he was captured in battle by the Albanian lord Gjon Zenebishi and later ransomed. After his death his nephew Carlo I Tocco took Ioannina.

Esau de' Buondelmonti
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Despotate of ArtaPrincipality of Gjirokastër

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