The Lordship of Athens and the other Greek and Latin states of southern Greece, c. 1210
Status
Vassal state[a] of various countries, de facto autonomous
Capital
Athens, Thebes
Common languages
French (until 1311) Catalan (1311–88) Greek (popularly and officially after 1388)
Religion
Catholic Church (state religion) Greek Orthodoxy (popularly)
Government
Feudal monarchy
Duke of Athens
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Fourth Crusade
1204
• Duchy established
1205
• Aragonese conquest
1311
• Acciaioli rule
1388
• Tributary to Morea
1444
• Ottoman conquest
1458
Currency
Denier tournois
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Today part of
Greece
The Duchy of Athens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, Doukaton Athinon; Catalan: Ducat d'Atenes) was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade as part of the process known as Frankokratia, encompassing the regions of Attica and Boeotia, and surviving until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.
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The DuchyofAthens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, Doukaton Athinon; Catalan: Ducat d'Atenes) was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest...
Roman Empire 395–1205 DuchyofAthens 1205–1458 Ottoman Empire 1458–1822, 1827–1832 Greece 1822–1827, 1832–present Athens is one of the oldest named cities...
part of the Kingdom of Sicily, itself part of the Crown of Aragon, the duchy was governed in conjunction with the neighbouring DuchyofAthens, it enjoyed...
independently of the absent princes. He hired mercenaries and conquered Megara, a strategically important fortress in the DuchyofAthens, in 1374 or 1375...
that founded the DuchyofAthens 1204 and held it for just over a century. Alice de la Roche (unknown-1282), Lady of Beirut, Regent of Beirut Guy I de...
also appear as Athens' suffragans. The Catholic see remained vacant for a period after the Catalan Company conquered the DuchyofAthens in 1311 due to...
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the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, along with the DuchyofAthens, until Thessalonica...
of Athens even after the conquest of the DuchyofAthens by the Catalan Company in 1311, and the Brienne line continued to be recognized as dukes of Athens...
over: areas of Greece, divided into vassal fiefs: the Kingdom of Thessalonica the Principality of Achaea the DuchyofAthens the Duchyof the Archipelago...
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control of the DuchyofAthens but extended its dominions to the city of Thebes and the region of Thessaly, converting the latter into the Duchyof Neopatras...
feudal dependency of the southern principalities—the DuchyofAthens, the Marquisate of Bodonitsa, the Lordship of Salona, and the Triarchy of Negroponte—on...
Acciaioli against Venice Siege of the Acropolis (1456–58) by the Ottomans against the Latin DuchyofAthens Siege of the Acropolis (1687) by the Venetians...
between the forces of the Frankish DuchyofAthens and its vassals under Walter of Brienne against the mercenaries of the Catalan Company, resulting in...
the foundation of the Crusader DuchyofAthens, a castle was built in the town, on the site of the ancient acropolis. This was part of an extensive defensive...
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