Principality of Achaea

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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 1261: The Nicaean Empire recovered Constantinople and rended the Latin Empire in 1261. All the vassals of the Latin Empire therefore became independente realms.

Chronology

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1. Re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire

The recapture of the city of Constantinople by the forces of the Empire of Nicaea, led to the re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty, after an interval of 57 years where the city had been the capital of the Latin Empire installed by the Fourth Crusade in 1204.

2. Conquests of Michael VIII

Expansion during the rule of Michael VIII in the Byzantine Empire.

January 1263: After Michael recaptured Constantinople in 1261, William was released in 1262 in return for Mistra and much of Laconia, which became a Byzantine province.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

May 1267: Manfred fell under Papal sanction and was killed in 1266, when Charles of Anjou conquered his kingdom. Charles was now ascendant in Italy, and William and Baldwin came to terms with him in the Treaty of Viterbo (1267).

January 1290: Because the king of Sicily was a prisoner in Aragonese hands, the rule of Achaea devolved upon a series of baillis chosen from the Morean nobility.

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.

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