Polity Duchy of Athens (Venice)

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Was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade during the period of the so-called Frankokratia. Initially a vassal of the Latin Empire, it enjoyed intermittent periods of autonomy and vassalage to several different countries. It was finally conquered by the expanding Ottoman Empire in 1458.

Establishment

  • January 1395: The Republic of Venice acquired Athens in 1394 from the heirs of Nerio I Acciaioli.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Charles I Tocco

Expansion during the rule of Charles I Tocco in the County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos.

  • January 1396: The duke Carlo Tocco married Francesca, daughter of the Duke of Athens Nerio I Acciaioli, which gave him a claim on Corinth and Megara. After Nerio's death, he seized these territories in 1395.
  • January 1401: Territorial evolution of the County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1397: Territorial evolution of the County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos.

Disestablishment

  • January 1403: From 1395 to 1402 the Venetians briefly controlled the Duchy of Athens.

Selected Sources

  • Osswald, B. (2011): L'Epire du treizième au quinzième siècle: autonomie et hétérogénéité d'une région balkanique, Toulouse (France), p. 263
  • Osswald, B. (2011): L'Epire du treizième au quinzième siècle: autonomie et hétérogénéité d'une région balkanique, Toulouse (France), pp. 223-234
  • Zachariadou, E. (1988): Marginalia on the History of Epirus and Albania (1380-1418), Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Vol. 78, pp. 195-210