Person

Margaret of Passavant

d. 1315 · 14th century

Margaret of Passavant was a noblewoman of the Principality of Achaea and heiress of the Neuilly barons of Passavant. In the 1270s she claimed the barony of Akova through her mother's family, and the lawsuit before the prince's court, recorded in the Chronicle of the Morea, became a famous case of Frankish feudal law. She recovered only part of the lands.

Mentioned in 2 state histories

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Margaret of Passavant. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/margaret-of-passavant
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