Palamede Gattilusio

Palamede Gattilusio (* around 1395, † 1455 ) was lord of Ainos from 1409 to 1455 .

He came from the respected Genoese patrician family Gattilusio and was the son of Archon Francesco II. Gattilusio of Lesbos , and his wife, an unnamed princess of Byzantium . From the marriage of Palamedes (wife not recorded by name) two sons were born.

Since the marriage of Niccolo I Gattilusio , the first lord of Ainos, remained without male descendants, after his death Palamede Gattilusio, the son of his brother Francesco II Gattilusio, Achron of Lesbos, was appointed as the new lord of Ainos. He later received the islands of Imbroz and Samothraki as a fief from the Byzantine Emperor John VIII . Palamede built a powerful fleet in his domain, with which he took part in the fight against the Ottomans a. a. on the side of Byzantium and Genoa . After the collapse of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, Palamede was no longer able to cope with the Ottoman pressure and became sultan Mehmed II. Paying tribute . Since Palamede Gattilusio's eldest son Giorgio had died in 1449, his younger son Dorino followed for a short time in 1455 as lord of Ainos.

literature

• Enrico Basso:  Gattilusio, Palamede. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 52:  Gambacorta – Gelasio II. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1999.

predecessor	Office	successor
Niccolo I. Gattilusio	Lord of Ainos 1409-1455	Dorino II Gattilusio