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Louis of Burgundy, Prince of Achaea and titular
King of Thessalonica (1297 –
August 2 1316) was a younger son of
Robert II, Duke of Burgundy and
Agnes of France.
In 1313, he took part in a complex marriage pact designed to secure control by the
Angevins and the Burgundians over Frankish Greece. On
July 31 1313, he married
Matilda of Hainaut, heir-general of
William II Villehardouin, to whom
Philip I of Taranto gave the
Principality of Achaea in fief. Louis ceded his claims on the family lands in Burgundy to his elder brother,
Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy, who in turn ceded to Louis the title of "King of Thessalonica," which had been sold to their family in 1266. He subsequently did homage to Philip of Taranto, who was suzerain of Achaea and, as titular
Latin Emperor jure uxoris, his overlord as King of Thessalonica, and agreed to assist in a campaign to recapture the Latin Empire.
Matilda and Louis arrived separately in Achaea, she sailing directly from
Marseille to
Navarino with 1,000 troops, while Louis came by way of
Venice, where he was soliciting aid from the
Republic.
Ferdinand of Majorca, who also claimed the principality
jure uxoris (his wife
Isabelle de Sabran was descended from the younger daughter of William II Villehardouin), had landed there in 1315 and taken to
Glarentza. Matilda arrived late in 1315, and several barons, including the count of
Cephalonia returned to her allegiance. However, her army was beaten by Ferdinand and his
Catalans on
February 22 1316 at Picotin. About this time, Louis arrived, making an unsuccessful attempt to capture the castle of Chalandritsa. Ferdinand sent for aid from
Kingdom of Majorca and the
Catalan Company, but neither arrived in time to prevent his death and defeat by Louis at the
Battle of Manolada on
July 5,
1316. Four weeks later, Louis died. The
Chronicle of the Morea attributes his death to a fever, while the Catalan
Declaratio summa states that he was poisoned by John, count of Cephalonia. His death left Achaea in an unsettled state, with his brother
Eudes, his wife, and the Angevins all attempting to gain it.
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