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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]
English: Coat of Arms of the Duchy_of_Athens during the rule of the de la Roche family (13th century) Other version: Willtron , the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following licenses:
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.
Duchy of the Archipelago [9] [b] Fourth Crusade: 1207 1579 Terra Mariana [10] Livonian Crusade: 1207 1561 State of the Teutonic Order [11] Northern Crusades: 1226 1525 Hospitaller Rhodes [12] Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes: 1310 1522
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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
The early Athenian tradition, followed by the 3rd century BC Parian Chronicle, made Cecrops, a mythical half-man half-serpent, the first king of Athens. [5] The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later, by historians of the Hellenistic era who tried to backdate events by cross-referencing earlier sources such as the Parian Chronicle.