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Guglielmo Grasso, the Glossary

Guglielmo Grasso, sometimes anglicized William Grassus (died 1201), was a Genoese merchant, pirate and admiral.^[1]

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1201 deaths
12th-century Genoese people
12th-century Sicilian people
12th-century merchants
13th-century Genoese people
13th-century Sicilian people
Counts of Malta
Genoese admirals
Italian pirates
Italian prisoners and detainees
Medieval pirates

Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia.

Alexios III Angelos

Alexios III Angelos (Ἀλέξιος Ἄγγελος; 1211), Latinized as Alexius III Angelus, was Byzantine Emperor from March 1195 to 17/18 July 1203.

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Alum

An alum is a type of chemical compound, usually a hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium with the general formula, such that is a monovalent cation such as potassium or ammonium.

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The office of (amīr al-umarāʾ), variously rendered in English as emir of emirs, prince of princes, chief emir, and commander of commanders, was a senior military position in the 10th-century Abbasid Caliphate, whose holders in the decade after 936 came to supersede the civilian bureaucracy under the vizier and become effective regents, relegating the Abbasid caliphs to a purely ceremonial role.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Ayyubid dynasty

The Ayyubid dynasty (الأيوبيون; Eyûbiyan), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.

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Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud

Bonifacio (Bunifaziu, Bonifaziu, or Bonifaciu; Bunifazziu; Bunifaciu) is a commune in the southern tip of the island of Corsica, in the French department of Corse-du-Sud.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Cartulary

A cartulary or chartulary (Latin: cartularium or chartularium), also called pancarta or codex diplomaticus, is a medieval manuscript volume or roll (rotulus) containing transcriptions of original documents relating to the foundation, privileges, and legal rights of ecclesiastical establishments, municipal corporations, industrial associations, institutions of learning, or families.

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Ceuta

Ceuta (Sabta; Sabtah) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast.

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Constance, Queen of Sicily

Constance I (Costanza; 2 November 1154 – 27 November 1198) was reigning Queen of Sicily from 1194–98, jointly with her spouse from 1194 to 1197, and with her infant son Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1198. Guglielmo Grasso and Constance, Queen of Sicily are 12th-century Sicilian people.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Count of Malta

The County of Malta was a feudal lordship of the Kingdom of Sicily, relating to the islands of Malta and Gozo. Guglielmo Grasso and Count of Malta are counts of Malta.

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Crown land

Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown.

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Dowry

A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride’s family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

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Eastern Mediterranean

Eastern Mediterranean is a loose definition of the eastern approximate half, or third, of the Mediterranean Sea, often defined as the countries around the Levantine Sea.

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Egypt in the Middle Ages

Following the Islamic conquest in 641-642, Lower Egypt was ruled at first by governors acting in the name of the Rashidun Caliphs and then the Umayyad Caliphs in Damascus, but in 750 the Umayyads were overthrown.

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Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II (German: Friedrich; Italian: Federico; Latin: Fridericus; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225.

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Gozo

Gozo (Għawdex), in antiquity known as Gaulos (𐤂𐤅𐤋|; Gaúlos), is an island in the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry VI (German: Heinrich VI.; November 1165 – 28 September 1197), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany (King of the Romans) from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death.

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Henry, Count of Malta

Henry, known as Enrico Pescatore (i.e., the fisherman), was a Genoese adventurer, privateer and pirate active in the Mediterranean at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Guglielmo Grasso and Henry, Count of Malta are 13th-century Genoese people, counts of Malta, Genoese admirals and medieval pirates.

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Hyperpyron

The hyperpyron (nómisma hypérpyron) was a Byzantine coin in use during the late Middle Ages, replacing the solidus as the Byzantine Empire's standard gold coinage in the 11th century.

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Isaac II Angelos

Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (Isaákios Komnēnós Ángelos; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and co-Emperor with his son Alexios IV Angelos from 1203 to 1204.

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Isauria

Isauria (or; Ἰσαυρία), in ancient geography, is a rugged, isolated district in the interior of Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surroundings in the Konya Province of Turkey, or the core of the Taurus Mountains.

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Jacobus de Voragine

Jacobus de Voragine (c. 123013/16 July 1298) was an Italian chronicler and archbishop of Genoa.

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Karl Hopf (historian)

Karl Hopf (February 19, 1832, in Hamm, Westphalia – August 23, 1873, in Wiesbaden) or Carl Hermann Friedrich Johann Hopf was a historian and an expert in Medieval Greece, both Byzantine and Frankish.

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Kingdom of Sicily

The Kingdom of Sicily (Regnum Siciliae; Regno di Sicilia; Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in Sicily and the south of the Italian Peninsula plus, for a time, in Northern Africa from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 until 1816.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leather

Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay.

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Liguria

Liguria (Ligûria) is a region of north-western Italy; its capital is Genoa.

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Longobardia

Longobardia (Λογγοβαρδία, also variously Λογγιβαρδία, Longibardia and Λαγουβαρδία, Lagoubardia) was a Byzantine term for the territories controlled by the Lombards in the Italian Peninsula.

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Margaritus of Brindisi

Margaritus of Brindisi (also Margarito; Italian: Margaritone, Greek: Megareites or Margaritoni; c. 1149 – 1197), called "the new Neptune", was the last great ammiratus ammiratorum (Grand Admiral) of the Kingdom of Sicily. Guglielmo Grasso and Margaritus of Brindisi are counts of Malta and medieval pirates.

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Markward von Annweiler

Markward von Annweiler (died 1202) was Imperial Seneschal and Regent of the Kingdom of Sicily.

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Massacre of the Latins

The Massacre of the Latins (Massacro dei Latini; Σφαγὴ τῶν Λατίνων) was a large-scale massacre of the Roman Catholic (called "Latin") inhabitants of Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, by the Eastern Orthodox population of the city in April 1182.

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Monreale

Monreale (Sicilian: Murriali) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily, Southern Italy.

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Nervi

Nervi is a former fishing village 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Portofino on the Riviera di Levante, now a seaside resort in Liguria, in northwest Italy.

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Palermo

Palermo (Palermu, locally also Paliemmu or Palèimmu) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province.

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Pamphylia

Pamphylia (Παμφυλία, Pamphylía) was a region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus (all in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey).

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Piracy

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods.

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Pope Innocent III

Pope Innocent III (Innocentius III; 22 February 1161 – 16 July 1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 until his death on 16 July 1216.

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Regent

In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.

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Republic of Genoa

The Republic of Genoa (Repúbrica de Zêna; Repubblica di Genova; Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the years 1099 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast.

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Republic of Pisa

The Republic of Pisa (Repubblica di Pisa) was an independent state existing from the 11th to the 15th century and centered on the Tuscan city of Pisa.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.

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Rhodes

Rhodes (translit) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Paphos

The Diocese of Paphos (Latin: Dioecesis Paphensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese in the city of Paphos, on the island of Cyprus.

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Saladin

Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (– 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.

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Salerno

Salerno (Salierno) is an ancient city and comune (municipality) in Campania, southwestern Italy, and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after Naples.

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San Siro (Genoa)

San Siro is a Roman Catholic basilica located on the street of the same name, in the quartiere of the Maddalena in central Genoa, Liguria, Italy.

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Savona

Savona (Sann-a) is a seaport and comune in the west part of the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Tanning (leather)

Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather.

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Third Crusade

The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by three European monarchs of Western Christianity (Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187.

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Trapani

Trapani (Tràpani) is a city and municipality (comune) on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy.

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Walter of Palearia

Walter of Palear (or Palearia, also Gualtiero da Pagliaria; died 1229 or 1231) was the chancellor of the Kingdom of Sicily under Queen Constance and the Emperor Henry VI. Guglielmo Grasso and Walter of Palearia are 12th-century births.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Grasso

Also known as Grassus, William, William Grassus, William of Brindisi, William, Count of Malta.

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1201 deaths

12th-century Genoese people

12th-century Sicilian people

12th-century merchants

13th-century Genoese people

13th-century Sicilian people

Counts of Malta

Genoese admirals

Italian pirates

Italian prisoners and detainees

Medieval pirates

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