Nicholas II Sanudo (or Niccolò , also called Spezzabanda ; died aft. 1374) was the Lord of Gridia (a fief in Andros ) and eighth Duke of the Archipelago as the husband and co-ruler of Florence Sanudo from 1364 to 1371.[ 1]
Nicholas was a son of Guglielmazzo Sanudo, Lord of Gridia . Florence's first marriage was to Giovanni dalle Carceri , but he died in 1358, without issue. She tried to remarry, first to the Vignoso , Genoese Lord of Chios , and then to Nerio I Acciajuoli , the future Duke of Athens , but both potential husbands were vetoed by the Republic of Venice , which kidnapped her and brought to Crete . There she was forced to marry in 1364 her cousin Nicholas Spezzabanda. Florence died in 1371.
By his wife Florence, he left only daughters: Maria , who inherited Andros , and Elisabetta Sanudo.
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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
Sanudo dynasty (1207–1383) Crispo dynasty (1383–1566)
