
Information
Name: Duchy of Athens (Despotate of Morea)
Type: Polity
Nation: duchy of athens
Start: 1445
End: 1456
Groups:
Frankokratia
Duchy of Athens (Despotate of Morea): All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
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.