Draft:Ferran Jimenez de Arenos

Ferrando Eximenez d'Arenos or Ferran Eiximenis d'Arenos (13th-14th centuries) was a Valencian nobleman of the Arenos lineage of Aragonese origin. He was the son of Blasco Eximenez de Arenos and Alda Ferrandis Aba-Omahet, daughter of Zayd Abu Zayd. He married Princess Theodora, a member of the Byzantine imperial family.

Biography
On 06 May, 1301 d'Arenos sold his possessions in Villamalur, Ayodar, and Torralba del Pinar. In 1303 he joined Roger de Flor's Catalan Company. While in the service of the Company, during the Anatolian campaign and after the Battle of the Cyzicus in October 1303, he temporarily left after a disagreement with Roger de Flor and passed into the service of the Duke of Athens, Guy II de la Roche.

After the assassination of Roger de Flor while attending a banquet organised by the Emperor in Constantinople, the Catalans ravaged Thrace for two years. With Ferran reincorporated into the Company as Captain Almogavar, d'Arenos helped capture several towns in Thrace, culminating with a victory in the siege of Maditos in 1306.

As Captain Almogavar, during the rivalry for the leadership of the Company between Berenguer d'Entenca and Bernat de Rocafort, he aligned himself with the first, and after his death, he fled to Constantinople, where he was granted the dignity of mega doux and married Theodora, princess of the imperial family. Some other sources mention his marriage with Maria Asenina of Constantinople, daughter of tsar Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria.