Leonardo I Tokko

Leonardo's parents were the governor of the island of Corfu, Guglielmo Tokko and Margarita Orsini, daughter of Count Kefalini and Zakynthos I John Orsini . ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Thanks to his father, Leonardo had close ties with the Anjou dynasty, especially with Robert Tarento . Tokko was one of the witnesses of the sovereign’s marriage, and in 1352 helped release him from Hungarian captivity. As a reward, in 1357, Robert bestowed on him the title of Count of Kefalonia and Zakynthos, and possibly also Ithaca. In the period from 1362 to 1373, Leonardo gained control of the island of Lefkada, as well as the epirus port of Voinitsa. ^{[2] [3] [4]} In 1374, after the death of Philip II of Tarentus , he became part of the delegation representing the Principality of Achaea before Queen Giovanna I of Neopolitan . ^[5] Leonardo died between March 1375 and August 1377. ^{[4] [6]}

Leonardo was married to niece Nicollo Aktsioli Maddalena de 'Buondelmonti. From this marriage he had five children: ^{[3] [6]}

• Petronilla (died in 1409 or 1410) - wife of the Duke of Naxos Niccolo III dalle Carcherie (died in 1383), then - wife of the Venetian Bailey Negropont Nicolo Venieri ^[6]
• Giovanna - wife of Count Gerachi Enrico di Ventimiglia ^[6]
• Suzanne - wife of the Viceroy of Calabria, Count of Cantanzaro and Marquis of Cotrone, Nicolo Ruffo ^[6]
• Carlo I Tokko (died in 1429) - heir to his father’s count's title, became king of Epirus ^{[2] [6]}
• Leonardo II Tokko (died in 1418 or 1419) - Lord of Zakynthos, Klarenza and Angelokastron, ruler of Corinth ^{[2] [6]}

• Cawley, Charles Medieval Lands Project: Counts of Kefalonia (Tocco) (neopr.) . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Date of treatment June 28, 2010. Archived May 16, 2012.
• Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994), The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest , University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0472082605 , < https://books.google.com/books? id = Hh0Bu8C66TsC >  
• Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium . - Oxford University Press, 1991. - ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6 .
• Miller, William (1908), The Latins in the Levant: A history of Frankish Greece (1204–1566) , New York: EP Dutton and Co. , < https://archive.org/details/latinsinlevanta00millgoog >