The term "Duchy of Neopatras" is also frequently, but inaccurately, used for the autonomous principality established by John I Doukas in 1267/8, that encompassed all of Thessaly.
Duchy of Neopatras
1319–1390
Coat of arms of the Duchy of Neopatras Argent, a saltire gules between four crosses couped of the second
Status
Under the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Sicily, after itself part of Crown of Aragon
Capital
Neopatras
Common languages
Greek popularly
Religion
Roman Catholic officially, Greek Orthodox popularly
Government
Feudal duchy
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Sicilian capture of Neopatras by Frederick Alfonso of Sicily
1319
• Neopatras conquered by Nerio I Acciaioli
1390
Preceded by
Succeeded by
John II Doukas
Serbian Empire
Nerio I Acciaioli
The Duchy of Neopatras (Catalan: Ducat de Neopàtria; Sicilian: Ducatu di Neopatria; Greek: Δουκάτο Νέων Πατρών; Latin: Ducatus Neopatriae) was a principality in southern Thessaly, established in 1319. Officially part of the Kingdom of Sicily, itself part of the Crown of Aragon, the duchy was governed in conjunction with the neighbouring Duchy of Athens, it enjoyed a large degree of self-government. From the mid-14th century, the duchies entered a period of decline: most of the Thessalian possessions were lost to the Serbian Empire, internal dissensions arose, along with the menace of Turkish piracy in the Aegean and the onset of Ottoman expansion in the Balkans. Enfeebled, the Catalan possessions were taken over by the Florentine adventurer Nerio I Acciaioli in 1385–1390. The title of Duke of Neopatras was held by the heir of the King of Sicily.[1]
^Nardi, Carlo (1747). De' titoli del Re delle Due Sicilie(PDF) (in Italian).
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