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The Duchy of Athens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, Doukaton Athinon; Catalan: Ducat d'Atenes) was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade as part of the process known as Frankokratia, encompassing the regions of Attica and Boeotia, and surviving until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.
1204 Latin Occupation of mainland Greece under Franks and Venetians begins: the Latin Empire of Constantinople, Latin Kingdom of Thessalonica, the Principality of Achaea, and the Duchy of Athens; the Venetians controlled the Duchy of the Archipelago in the Aegean; Othon de la Roche of Burgundy becomes Duke of Athens. [4] [note 3]
Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for perhaps 5,000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of Western civilization.
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Duchy of Athens (1205–1458): crusader state with an ethnic Greek majority; Lordship of Argos and Nauplia (1205–1388): crusader state with an ethnic Greek majority; Lordship of Salona (1205–1410): crusader state, established after the Fourth Crusade; Duchy of the Archipelago (1207–1579): crusader state with an ethnic Greek majority
A Venetian document referred to him as the "ruler of Corinth and the duchy of Athens" on 7 July 1385. [26] Nerio styled himself as "lord of the castellany of Corinth, the duchy of Athens and their dependencies" in a letter of grant on 15 January 1387. [26] Both documents show that he had taken possession of most of the duchy in 1385. [26]
One of the last books by British historical novelist Alfred Duggan, this covers events in the Morea and the Duchy of Athens during the period 1257–1272. It is told from the perspective of an English knight who follows Geoffrey of Briel , a real person who held the Barony of Karytaina.