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'''Rainerio''' (or '''Renier''') '''of Travale''' ({{langx|it|Ranieri da Travale}},{{sfn|Adams|1787|p=284}} {{langx|la|Rainerius de Traval}}{{sfn|Longnon|1978|p=238}}) was an Italian soldier of the [[Fourth Crusade]] (1202–1204) who became the chancellor of the [[Kingdom of Thessalonica]].{{sfn|Longnon|1978|p=238}}<!-- under King [[Boniface I of Montferrat|Boniface&nbsp;I]] (1204–1207).-->
A native of [[Travale]] in [[Tuscany]], he possessed several castles in the region, among them Elci, [[Giuncarico]], Montalbano and Montingegnoli.{{sfn|Longnon|1978|p=238}} In Greece, he acquired a [[fief]] in the [[diocese of Kitros]].{{sfn|Longnon|1978|p=238}}{{sfn|Van Tricht|2011|p=246}} With [[Albertino of Canossa]] and Pietro Vento, he was part of the council of the regent of Thessalonica, [[Oberto II of Biandrate|Oberto of Biandrate]], that received the ambassadors of the [[Latin emperor]] [[Henry of Flanders|Henry]].{{sfn|Longnon|1978|p=238}} He participated in the [[Parliament of Ravennika (1210)|Second Parliament of Ravennika]], where he supported Biandrate, and was one of ten barons of Thessalonica who signed the concluding convention of 2 May 1210.{{sfn|Longnon|1978|p=238}}
In the aftermath of Henry's invasion of Thessalonica in 1209–1210, Rainerio entered imperial service. He was made administrator of [[Zetounion]] and [[Ravennika]], territories taken from the [[Knights Templar]] by the emperor.<ref>{{harvnb|Van Tricht|2011|p=169}}. He appears as such in a document of October 1210 and is probably the unnamed imperial bailiff (''balivus imperatoris'') in a letter of [[Pope Innocent III]] dated July 1210.</ref> He was back in Italy by 1222, when he gave his castles over to Siena to finance his return to Greece.{{sfn|Longnon|1978|p=238}} In return he was made a citizen of the [[Republic of Siena]].{{sfn|Adams|1787|p=284}}{{sfn|Longnon|1978|p=238}} He probably returned to Greece in the expedition of [[Demetrius of Montferrat|Demetrius of Thessalonica]] and [[William VI of Montferrat]] in 1225, which ended in failure.{{sfn|Longnon|1978|p=238}}
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*{{cite book |last=Adams |first=John |authorlink=John Adams |title=A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America |volume=2 |location=London |year=1787}}
*{{cite book |last=Longnon |first=J. |year=1978 |title=Les compagnons de Villehardouin: Recherches sur les croisés de la quatrième croisade |publisher= Librairie Droz}}
*{{The Latin Renovatio of Byzantium}}
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