Pietro Cornaro, also known as Peter Cornaro or Corner (died in 1387 or 1388), was Lord of Argos and Nauplia in

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from 1377.

Early life

Pietro was the son of Federico Cornaro of the Santa Lucia branch. He was born before 1363. Being one of the wealthiest Venetian patricians of his age, Federigo could afford to conduct his own foreign policy. Historian Anthony Luttrell proposes that Federigo arranged Pietro's marriage with

Maria of Enghien Maria of Enghien, also known as Marie of Enghien or d'Enghien (after 1363–1392/1393), was the Lady of Argos and Nauplia in Frankish Greece from 1376 or 1377 to 1388. Because she was a minor when she inherited the lordship from her father, ...

, Lady of Argos and Nauplia, in 1377 most probably because he wanted to establish a commercial basis in the

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. The Senate of Venice authorized him on 16 July 1377 to arm a galley and to transport Maria to Venice.

Lord of Argos and Nauplia

Pietro's marriage with Maria made him her co-ruler in 1377, but he was still young. His father took care of the defense of Argos and Nauplia and sent supplies to the two towns in 1378. Federigo also bought a galley to defend the lordship against pirates in 1381. Heavy taxation during the

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and a financial crisis menaced the family's position, but Pietro could keep his lordship after his father died in 1382. Pietro went to Argos to command the defense of Argos and Nauplia against the pirates in 1383. He returned to Venice, but he was planning to again visit his lordship in early 1385. Pietro was one of the lords in Frankish Greece whom King

Peter IV of Aragon Peter IV (Catalan: ''Pere IV d'Aragó;'' Aragonese; ''Pero IV d'Aragón;'' 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: ''El Cerimoniós''; Aragonese: ''el Ceremonioso''), was from 1336 until his death the king of ...

informed about his appointment of Bernard of Cornella as his vicar-general in the

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on 17 August 1387. Pietro died in 1387 or 1388. His widow sold the lordship to Venice on 12 December 1388.

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