Guglielmo Embriaco portrayed on the main façade of the Palazzo San Giorgio, Genoa
Reign
Gibelet (Byblos).
Born
c. 1040 Genoa
Died
1102
House
Embriaco family
Guglielmo Embriaco (Latin Guillermus Embriacus,[1] Genoese Ghigærmo de ri Embrieghi,[2] English William the Drunkard; born c. 1040), was a Genoese merchant and military leader who came to the assistance of the Crusader States in the aftermath of the First Crusade. Embriaco is considered one of the founders of what would become the Republic of Genoa.
^Cafari, Annales, De liberatione civitatum orientis: ecce Guillermus ianuensis Embriacus, et Primus frater eius
^Gaitan Gallin, Ra Gerusalemme deliverâ, 1755, XVIII-43
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borders. In 1144 he managed to reach an agreement between Ugo and GuglielmoEmbriaco who, following his intervention, then promised to put an end to mutual...
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