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6 unusual facts about Zaccaria


Bartolomeo Zaccaria

As the eldest son of "King" Martin, born into the Genoese Zaccaria family which rule Chios, Bartolomeo was a fitting match for the highborn Frankish heiress, who co-ruled with her mother, Maria dalle Carceri, and stepfather, Andrea Cornaro.

He was still young when he died, though he left a daughter named Marulla.

Frankokratia

In 1304–1330 under the Zaccaria family, and, after a Byzantine interlude, from 1346 and until the Ottoman conquest in 1566 under the Maona di Chio e di Focea company.

Leo Kalothetos

Aided by a revolt of the local population and the treachery of Benedetto II Zaccaria, brother of the island's ruler Martino Zaccaria, a Byzantine fleet regained the island in 1329.

Lordship of Chios

When he died childless in 1314, the island passed to Martino and his brother, Benedetto II.

Martino Zaccaria

He founded the family's Moreote line, which eventually ascended to the princely title of Achaea under Maria II Zaccaria and Centurione II Zaccaria.


Albert L. Hopkins

After leaving Draper Labs, Albert Hopkins, with his wife Lynne Zaccaria, opened a pottery and antiques shop in South Danbury, New Hampshire.

Guglielma Pallavicini

In 1327, Guglielma married the Genoese Zaccaria, who had been captured while repelling, alongside Andrea Cornaro, an invasion of Alfonso Fadrique of Athens.

Jenůfa

Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa – Magda Olivero (Soprano), Jeda Valtriani (S), Nicola Zaccaria (Bass), Margherita Benetti (Soprano), Giuseppe Morresi (Baritone), Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano), Maria Grazia Allegri (Soprano), Nella Verri (Mezzo Soprano), Silvana Zanolli (Soprano), Renato Cioni (tenor), Jerzy Semkow (Conductor); La Scala Orchestra and Chorus.


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