Gazo Chinard
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Gazo Chinard was a noble lord, relative of Philippe Chinard
and vassal of Manfred of Sicily
and Charles of Anjou. After the assassination of Philippe Chinard by Michael VIII Palaiologos
, Gazo enraged by the act, handed over the territories to Charles of Anjou, who in return appointed him as captain general of Corfu.
The same year as Charle's envoy, he tried to persuade local noblemen and commanders in Albania to surrender Manfred's domains in Albania to Charles of Anjou, but they redused to do so.
In 1272, when Charles of Anjou proclaimed th Kingdom of Albania, he appointed Gazo Chinardo as his Vicar-General. In 1273 he was replaced by a French governor.
In 1274 he was in command of a fleet in Ischia. In 1278 he was one of Charles vassals who was ordered to provide ships for his planned crusade. In 1279 he was the castellan of Bari
and later on the commander of the whole fleet in Abruzzo
and Apulia
. In 1282 he participated in the attack of Sicily in an effort from Charles to recapture the island, but with no success. He was removed definitively from the command in 1283, on account of old age and he is not mentioned again in the sources.
Philippe Chinard
Philippe Chinard was a French noblemen, admiral and governor of Manfred of Sicily. After Manfred had captured some territories in Albania, Philip was appointed as Manfred's general governor of those dominions...
and vassal of Manfred of Sicily
Manfred of Sicily
Manfred was the King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266. He was a natural son of the emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen but his mother, Bianca Lancia , is reported by Matthew of Paris to have been married to the emperor while on her deathbed.-Background:Manfred was born in Venosa...
and Charles of Anjou. After the assassination of Philippe Chinard by Michael VIII Palaiologos
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus reigned as Byzantine Emperor 1259–1282. Michael VIII was the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty that would rule the Byzantine Empire until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453...
, Gazo enraged by the act, handed over the territories to Charles of Anjou, who in return appointed him as captain general of Corfu.
The same year as Charle's envoy, he tried to persuade local noblemen and commanders in Albania to surrender Manfred's domains in Albania to Charles of Anjou, but they redused to do so.
In 1272, when Charles of Anjou proclaimed th Kingdom of Albania, he appointed Gazo Chinardo as his Vicar-General. In 1273 he was replaced by a French governor.
In 1274 he was in command of a fleet in Ischia. In 1278 he was one of Charles vassals who was ordered to provide ships for his planned crusade. In 1279 he was the castellan of Bari
Bari
Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
and later on the commander of the whole fleet in Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
and Apulia
Apulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...
. In 1282 he participated in the attack of Sicily in an effort from Charles to recapture the island, but with no success. He was removed definitively from the command in 1283, on account of old age and he is not mentioned again in the sources.