To prevent Turkish expansion, the island was reconquered and kept as a renewable concession, at the behest of the Byzantine emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus, by the Genovese Benedetto I Zaccaria (1304), then admiral to Philip of France.
Para evitar a expansión turca, a illa foi reconquistada e mantívose como unha concesión renovable, a instancias do emperador bizantino Andrónico II Paleólogo, polo xenovés Benedetto I Zaccaria (1304), almirante de Felipe de Francia.