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Chalkis Chalcis (; Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: , ), also called Chalkida or Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief city of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved fro ...

, capital of Euboea, Greece *

Euboea Euboea ( ; , ), also known by its modern spelling Evia ( ; , ), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the sixth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by ...

, a Greek island of which Chalkis is the capital *

Lordship of Negroponte A lordship is a territory held by a lord. It was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas. It originated as a unit under the feudal system during the Middle Ages. In a lordship, the functions of eco ...

, crusader state established on the island after the Fourth Crusade

Persons

* Fra Antonio da Negroponte (16th century), Italian painter of the early-Renaissance period * Eleni Ourani-Negreponte (1896–1971), Greek writer * Kostas Negreponte (1897–1973), Greek footballer * Dimitrios Negreponte (1915–1996), Greek skier *

John Negroponte John Dimitri Negroponte (; born July 21, 1939) is an American diplomat. In 2018, he was a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a former J.B. and Maurice C. Shapi ...

(born 1939), American diplomat and Deputy Secretary of State *

Nicholas Negroponte Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect. He is the founder and chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also founded the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Negroponte ...

(born 1943), Greek American architect and founder of the MIT Media Lab *

Diana Villiers Negroponte Diana Mary Villiers Negroponte (born August 14, 1947) is an American trade lawyer, Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, adjunct professor of international relations at the Elliot School of International Affairs at ...

(born 1947), American trade lawyer

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Bailo of Negroponte The ''bailo'' and captain of Negroponte was the representative of the Republic of Venice stationed at Chalcis (Negroponte) on the island of Euboea. The ''bailo'' played an important role as the mediator between, and ''de facto'' overlord of, the Tr ...

, the representative of the Republic of Venice at Chalcis, Greece *

Negroponte family The Negroponte or Negropontis family (, Νεγροπόντηδες or Νεγρεπόντηδες) is a noble family of Genoese origin. They are descended from the Dynasty, noble House of Cattaneo family, Cattaneo-Zaccaria, who, for a period ...

, Genoese-Byzantine noble family

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