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- ↑ Guérin, Marie (2014). Les dames de la Morée franque (XIIIe-XVe siècle) : Représentation, rôle et pouvoir des femmes de l’élite latine en Grèce médiévale. Université Paris-Sorbonne. p. 313.
- ↑ Thomopoulos, Stephanos. History of the city of Patras, from the ancient times until 1821 (in Greek). p. 528. ISBN 960-7960-08-4.
- ↑ Shawcross, Teresa (2009). The Chronicle of Morea Historiography in Crusader Greece. Oxford University Press. p. 105.
- ↑ Shawcross, Teresa (2009). The Chronicle of Morea Historiography in Crusader Greece. Oxford University Press. p. 106.
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