Henry, Count of Malta
Henry, known as Enrico Pescatore (i.e., the fisherman), was a Genoese adventurer,
Mediterranean at the beginning of the thirteenth century. His real name is said to have been Erico or Arrigo di Castro or del Castello di Candia.[1]
The title
Emperor Frederick II
’s admiral, around 1204.
From 1206, Pescatore took control of large parts of
Boniface of Montferrat, who soon accepted an offer from Enrico Dandolo and sold his rights to Venice. As Venice was not prepared to enforce her control over the island, Pescatore seized the opportunity and landed on Crete. However, Venice responded by sending troops and Pescatore was pushed out of the island a few years later.[4] The Genoese held onto Chania, and in 1211 his fellow Genoese, Alamanno da Costa
, began a campaign against Crete.
He was employed with imperial galleys in the Eastern Mediterranean, in particular in 1225 transporting Isabella II of Jerusalem to marry the Emperor Frederick.[5]
References
- David Abulafia. Henry count of Malta and his Mediterranean activities: 1203-1230, in Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean, 1100-1400 (1987)
- Basso, Enrico (2015). "Pescatore, Enrico". ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
Notes
- ^ PDF[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 9780801891847.
- ^ [1], PDF, p.12.
- ^ "Veneto.Org". Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
- ^ ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
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