Duchy of Athens (Kingdom of Sicily-Anjou)

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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

May 1267: After the Treaties of Viterbo in 1267, the Duchy of Athens, along with the rest of Latin Greece, acknowledged the authority of Charles I of Sicily.