He was the firstborn son of Martino Zaccaria and Jackqueline de la Roche, last representant of the prestigious Burgundian house of the Duchy of Athens.
[7] After Philips death, the Principality of Achaea and all his Greek lands were claimed by his sister Margarita and her husband Francis of Baux for themselves and their son James.
The barons of Morea sent an important delegation to Naples so to examine the rights of the two sides respecting the Principality.
Its members were the greatest lords of the Principality: Erard III Le Maure of the Messenian Barony of Arcadia, Centurione Zaccaria, the Baron of Chalandritsa, Damala, Estamira, John II Misito, Baron of Molines and Leonardo I Tocco, the Count of Cephalonia, made count by Prince Robert and subject to the Prince of Achaea.
The embassy decided in favor of the Queen and did homage to her after she had sworn to respect the usages and customs of the Principality,[8] as other previous princes before her.
Andronikos Asen was a grandson of Michael VIII Palaiologos as he was the son of his firstborn daughter Irene Palaiologina, also empress of the Bulgars.
[11] Centurione maintained good ties with the Empress Anne of Savoy that for a time acted as regent of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Centurione married to the Asenina, a daughter of Andronikos Asen with the wedding ceremony following the Greek orthodox rite.