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- ↑ Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 549
| Preceded by Marco II | Duke of the Archipelago 1303–1323 | Succeeded by Nicholas I |
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