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Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Florent of Hainaut, 1289 - 1297
| Florent of Hainaut was Prince of Achaea in right of his wife, Isabella of Villehardouin. He was the son of John I of Avesnes and Adelaide of Holland. From his father he received the stadholdership of Zeeland. After he left Zeeland, he took up service with Charles II of Naples, who made him constable of the Kingdom of Naples. Florent settled with his wife in Morea. He negotiated the Treaty of Glarentsa with the Byzantine Empire in 1290; however, the situation for the Franks in Greece was hopeless by this time. The fall of the Angevins in Sicily meant that they were preoccupied with recouping territory there and few Western governments would send troops to defend Morea. Florent thus made peace and maintained it until 1293, when the Greeks retook Kalamata. Florent did not despair and did not reopen the war which had been ongoing until his succession: he instead sent an embassy in protest to Andronikos II Palaiologos, and the emperor returned Kalamata. In 1296, the Greeks retook the castle of Saint George in Arcadia. Florent besieged the castle, but died before it could be taken. |  |
ME85302. Billon denier tournois, Malloy CCS p. 361, 13a; Metcalf Crusades variety F2, pl. 39, 956; Schlumberger XII 18, VF, well centered, die wear, Clarentza mint, weight 0.820g, maximum diameter 19.1mm, die axis 180o, 1289 - 1297; obverse + FLORENS P Ach (curly tailed R = Clarentza mint), cross pattée, drooping bell shaped flower with two buds following legend (a pun on the prince's name?); reverse DE CLARENCIA' (curly tailed R = Clarentza mint), castle tournois, concave gable, surmounted by a cross; ex C. Subak (Chicago, Sep 1975); old anonymous dealer or collector envelope priced $22.30 and notes, "Select hoard piece"; very scarce; SOLD
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