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Carlo Tocco

Carlo Tocco

Male - 1429    Has more than 100 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Carlo Tocco 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Jul 1429 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I669733  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2009 

    Father Leonardo I Tocco   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Maddalena de' Buondelmonti   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F294733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Francesca Acciaioli   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F294735  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2009 

    Marriage
    • five illegitimate sons
    Children 
     1. Memnone Tocco   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Ercole Tocco   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Turno Tocco   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Antonio Tocco   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Orlando Tocco   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F294736  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2009 

  • Notes 
    • Carlo Tocco inherited a claim to Epirus from both the Orsini and the Buondelmonti.
      Carlo I had succeeded his father Leonardo I as count of Cephalonia and duke of Leukas in 1376. He shared power with his brother Leonardo II, who was invested with the island of Zante as apanage in 1399. The inheritance from his father-in-law Nerio I Acciaioli , Duke of Athens gave Carlo a claim on Corinth and Megara in 1395, and he intermittently became involved with the affairs of the Peloponnese , holding parts of Elis from 1402 until 1427.
      From 1405 Carlo controlled several fortresses on the mainland, including Angyrocastron . He was invited as the successor of his uncle Esau de' Buondelmonti in Ioannina after the rejection of the latter's widow and son in February 1411. Nevertheless, he had to overcome the determined opposition of the Albanian clans, and in particular of Maurice Bova Shpata of Arta .
      In spite of Maurice's victory over Carlo in 1412, the Albanians failed to take Ioannina. On the contrary, not long after killing Maurice in battle in 1415, Carlo advanced on Arta and obtained its surrender in 1416. Arta was entrusted to Carlo's younger brother Leonardo II, and now the Tocchi controlled all major towns in Epirus. In 1415 he was granted the title despotes by the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos . Apart from his conflict with the Byzantine rulers of Morea (the Peloponnese) over Elis, Carlo spent the remainder of his reign in relative peace.
      Although he had several illegitimate children, he was succeeded by his nephew Carlo II Tocco , the son of Leonardo II. His niece Maddalena Tocco married Constantine XI



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