Principality of Achaea (Naples)
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Was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. Later it was subjected to a series of foreign countreis.
Establishment
July 1383: In 1383, the Principality of Achaea was annexed by Charles III of Naples, who was the successor and murderer of Queen Joan of Naples. Charles III was the grandson of John of Durazzo, and James of Baux was driven away from power in Achaea.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Charles I Tocco in the County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos.
January 1401: Territorial evolution of the County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos.
January 1408: In 1407-1408, Leonardo III Tocco, the ruler of the County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, seized and plundered the fortress of Glarentza in the northwestern Morea.
Byzantine reconquest of the Egean Islands.
January 1404: Byzantine reconquest of the Egean Islands.
January 1389: Argos, Kiveri and Thermisi were seized by the Despot Theodore I Palaiologos.
January 1409: In 1408-13 and 1417-19 Patras was held in lease by the Republic of Venice.
January 1414: Patras is acquired by the Principality of Achaea.
January 1418: In 1417, the imperial army of Constantinople, led by the despot Theodore II Palaeologus and Emperor John VIII, invaded Achaea. They took Messenia and Elis.
January 1418: In 1408-13 and 1417-19 Patras was held in lease by the Republic of Venice.
Disestablishment
January 1433: In 1429, Thomas Palaeologus of Morea besieged Centurione in Chalandritsa and extracted a treaty from him whereby his daughter, Catherine, would marry the despot and thus make him Centurione's heir in Achaea. He died there two years later. His domains passed to the despotate of Morea and into Byzantine hands.
Selected Sources
Osswald, B. (2011): L'Epire du treizième au quinzième siècle: autonomie et hétérogénéité d'une région balkanique, Toulouse (France), p. 263
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
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