192:, where he was left to die of hunger. In the meantime, the Catalans, enraged at the sudden departure of their leader, had a sudden change of heart, and killed the fourteen captains who had led the revolt against Rocafort. No new leader was elected in his place, partly owing to the lack of figures prominent enough to occupy such a position; instead, they elected a four-man committee, chosen equally from among the cavalry and the infantry, to lead them along the council of twelve already established.
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After his dismissal, Rocafort was arrested and handed over to the ward of Cepoy. The latter, wary of staying with the
Catalans any longer, absconded in the middle of night with his prisoner, and took ship to Naples. There King
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However, Rocafort's position was threatened when Entença secured his release from captivity. Upon his return, Entença was murdered by
Rocafort's relatives. Rocafort also persuaded the Company to reject the overtures of King
180:, however, who saw the Catalans as a threat to her own colonies in Greece; and the negotiations had not borne fruit when Rocafort himself was deposed by the Company, who had tired of his increasingly despotic rule.
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fleet, and
Rocafort was chosen as his successor, with a council of twelve to assist him. Under Rocafort's leadership, the Catalans inflicted defeats on the Byzantines, and raided much of
172:, for a marriage with his sister, Jeannette de Brienne. Guy II sent envoys to Kassandreia, and toyed with the idea of using the Catalans to pursue his wife's claims on the neighbouring
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168:, the city's patron saint, and a royal crown, and aimed to extend his dominion over the Duchy of Athens. To that end, he entered into negotiations with the childless duke,
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156:. Effective power however remained in his hands, and he soon began to envisage himself as an independent monarch, aiming at capturing
125:. After devastating Thrace, in June 1307 the Company was forced to move west to find new sustenance. After moving through Thrace and
105:, plundering its cities. They were strengthened by the arrival of 3,800 Turkish auxiliaries, many of whom converts to Christianity.
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peninsula in August. From there they continued their raids, plundering the monasteries of
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Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
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121:; he was accompanied by the main chronicler of the Catalan Company's deeds,
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129:, the Catalans established themselves at the abandoned ancient city of
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The Latins in the Levant, a
History of Frankish Greece (1204â1566)
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R. G. Keightley (1979), "Muntaner and the
Catalan Grand Company",
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Third leader of the
Catalan Company, from 1307 until 1309
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Rocafort by his men
55:to join the Catalan Company. He was soon made its
144:Having effectively burned his bridges with the
93:as their leader, and took over the fortress of
164:there. He even had a royal seal made, showing
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366:. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company.
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713:People from Frankish and Latin Greece
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233:La compañĂa de almogĂĄvares en Grecia
723:Immigrants to the Kingdom of Naples
384:"The Catalans in Greece, 1311â1388"
188:threw Rocafort in the dungeons of
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176:. These plans were opposed by
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718:People executed by starvation
386:. In Hazard, Harry W. (ed.).
235:, Liber Factory, p. 328
30:was the third leader of the
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160:and restoring the defunct
231:Ăngel Boya Balet (2014),
34:, from 1307 until 1309.
703:14th-century condottieri
465:Compagnia di San Giorgio
436:Companies of Mercenaries
561:Federico da Montefeltro
111:Frederick III of Sicily
89:, the Catalans elected
79:commanded the cavalry.
475:Great Company (German)
460:Compagnia della Stella
174:Principality of Achaea
152:, a representative of
87:Michael IX Palaiologos
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606:Pedro de San Superano
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611:Werner von Urslingen
284:, pp. 216, 217.
115:Ferdinand of Majorca
693:13th-century births
616:Bernard de la Salle
511:Gian Paolo Baglioni
470:Company of the Rose
332:, pp. 218â219.
308:, pp. 217â218.
272:, pp. 215â217.
91:Berenguer d'Entença
61:manescal de la host
652:Campo delle Mosche
581:Bernat de Rocafort
566:Braccio da Montone
551:Astorre I Manfredi
526:Francois Hennequin
455:Company of the Hat
380:Setton, Kenneth M.
170:Guy II de la Roche
45:on behalf of King
28:Bernat de Rocafort
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596:Talbart Talbardon
546:Bascot de Mauléon
531:Konrad von Landau
506:Seguin de Badefol
480:Navarrese Company
397:978-0-299-06670-3
154:Charles of Valois
141:in summer 1308.
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698:1309 deaths
342:Miller 1908
330:Miller 1908
318:Miller 1908
306:Miller 1908
294:Setton 1975
282:Miller 1908
270:Miller 1908
219:Miller 1908
139:Mount Athos
131:Kassandreia
687:Categories
536:Camus Bour
485:Tard-Venus
258:(1): 37â58
135:Chalcidice
69:almogĂ vers
52:almogĂ vers
672:Parabiago
657:Canturino
443:Companies
372:563022439
127:Macedonia
95:Gallipoli
57:seneschal
39:Valencian
667:Halmyros
647:Brignais
382:(1975).
360:(1908).
75:, while
43:Calabria
662:Cyzicus
635:Battles
499:Leaders
351:Sources
133:in the
99:Genoese
71:at the
65:Navarre
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370:
190:Aversa
178:Venice
103:Thrace
642:Apros
196:Notes
392:ISBN
368:OCLC
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