Person

Licario

fl. 1270s · 13th century

Licario was a knight of Italian descent from Euboea who, after a quarrel with the Lombard lords of the island, entered the service of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. In the 1270s he led Byzantine campaigns that recaptured much of Euboea and several Aegean islands, including Lemnos, and he was rewarded with Euboea as a fief and the high office of megas doux.

Mentioned in 3 state histories

Triarchy of NegroponteLordship of Tinos and MykonosLordship of Lemnos

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