caption father dynasty predecessor successor mother birth_place death_date death_place title birth_date spouse issue image article_title name reign
coat of arms of the principality of achaea geoffrey i villehardouin geoffrey i william ii elisabeth of chappes '' unknown '' after may 6 , 1246 '' unknown '' prince of achaea '' c. '' 1194 agnes of courtenay '' none '' armoiries achaïe.svg geoffrey ii of villehardouin
 geoffrey ii fr '' geoffroi '' '' c. '' 1229-1246
geoffrey ii of villehardouin

geoffrey ii of villehardouin -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- `` c. '' 1194 - after may 6 , 1246 -rrb- was the third prince of achaea -lrb- `` c. '' 1229-1246 -rrb- .
from his accession to the princely throne , he was a powerful and respected person , and even from france knights came to the principality to enter his service .
geoffrey ii emerged as the most powerful vassal of the latin empire of constantinople , the person around whom the crusaders ' states in modern greece gradually regrouped themselves .
he came to the rescue of the imperial capital three times .
as a reward of his services to the latin empire , he was granted suzerainty over the island of euboea by his brother-in-law , emperor baldwin ii of constantinople -lrb- 1228 -- 1261 -rrb- .
he was also a humane prince , benevolent and just , solicitous for the condition of the common people .
