ABSTRACT
A n d so it is the truth that from that lord Duke of Burgundy, who was a grandson of the King of France, as I have related to you already, descended the princes of Morea, namely down to Prince Louis, who was the fifth prince in descent from that lord of Burgundy, grandson of the King of France. And this Prince Louis died, and no prince was left ; but there remained two daughters of his ; one was fourteen years old when he died and the other twelve. And the Prince left the Principality to the eldest, and, to the younger, the barony of Matagrifon ; and he left the Principality entailed on the younger, so that if the eldest died without legitimate children, it should return to the younger. And so, likewise, he left the barony of Matagrifon entailed on the elder. And when the barons of the Principality had lost Prince Louis, who had been a very good lord to them, they considered to whom they could give the eldest daughter in marriage, to one who was a powerful lord, able to defend them against the Principality of Arta and the Emperor and the lord of Vlachia, for the Principality and the Duchy of Athens marched with all those. In old times the Duchy was held by the Princi pality, but since the partition made by the two brothers who conquered them, the count de la Marche had the Duchy.
