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- Giacomo III Crispo
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- ↑ Miller, William. The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566). London: 1908.
| Preceded by William II | Duke of the Archipelago 1463 | Succeeded by Giacomo III Crispo |
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