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- ↑ Loenertz, Raymond-Joseph (1975). Les Ghisi, dynastes vénitiens dans l'Archipel (1207-1390) (in French). Florence: Olschki. p 162-163
- ↑ Ghisi, in Ersch and Gruber encyclopedy vol 66 pp 336 sq
| Preceded by Bartholomew II Ghisi | Triarch of Negroponte 1341–1352 | Succeeded by Bartholomew III Ghisi |
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