Despotate of Morea

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Was a province of the Byzantine Empire with large autonomy (due the fact that the Byzantine Empire was in decline). It continued to exist as a fully independent polity after the end of the Byzantine Empire but was conquered by the Ottomans in 1460.

Establishment

May 1453: Mehmed II "the Conqueror" captured the Byzantine capital Constantinople in 1453. This marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. Sultan Mehmed II made Constantinople his capital, renaming it Istanbul

Chronology

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1. Wars of Mehmed II

Wars during the rule of Mehmed II in the Ottoman Sultanate.

May 1460: After more years of incompetent rule by the despots, their failure to pay their annual tribute to the Sultan, and finally their own revolt against Ottoman rule, Mehmed came into the Morea in May 1460. Demetrios ended up a prisoner of the Ottomans and his younger brother Thomas fled. By the end of the summer the Ottomans had achieved the submission of virtually all cities possessed by the Greeks.

1.1.Fall of Constantinople

Was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 after a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April. The conquest of Constantinople and the fall of the Byzantine Empire marked the effective end of the last remains of the Roman Empire.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

May 1460: Monemvasia, a Byzantine outpost, was left unconquered by the Ottomans in 1460. It then accepted Venetian rule, becoming part of the Republic of Venice.

Disestablishment

May 1460: Monemvasia, a Byzantine outpost, was left unconquered by the Ottomans in 1460. It then accepted Venetian rule, becoming part of the Republic of Venice.