Answer the following question: Facts: - issue: bartolommeo zaccaria , centurione i zaccaria - title: lord of chios , baron of veligosti and chalandritsa - regent: benedetto ii zaccaria -lrb- until ca. 1325 -rrb- - caption: silver '' grosso '' minted by martino zaccaria - succession: lord of chalandritsa of chios baron of veligosti -- damala baron - reign: 1314 -- 1345 -- 1329 after 1311 -- 1345 ca. 1316 - successor: byzantine reconquest centurione i zaccaria centurione i zaccaria - spouse: jacqueline de la roche - predecessor: paleologo zaccaria renaud de la roche aimon of rans - death date: 17 january 1345 - house: zaccaria - father: nicolino zaccaria - name: martino zaccaria - image size: 200px - image: file : martino zaccaria.jpg - death place: smyrna - religion: roman catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of martino zaccaria .
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martino zaccaria was the lord of chios from 1314 to 1329 , ruler of several other aegean islands , and baron of veligosti -- damala and chalandritsa in the principality of achaea .he distinguished himself in the fight against turkish corsairs in the aegean sea , and received the title of '' king and despot of asia minor '' from the titular latin emperor , philip ii .he was deposed from his rule of chios by a byzantine expedition in 1329 , and imprisoned in constantinople until 1337 .martino then returned to italy , where he was named the genoese ambassador to the holy see .in 1343 he was named commander of the papal squadron in the smyrniote crusade against umur bey , ruler of the emirate of aydin , and participated in the storming of smyrna in october 1344 .he was killed , along with several other of the crusade 's leaders , in a turkish attack on 17 january 1345 .