Duchy of Athens

Duchy of Athens

English

Proper noun

Duchy of Athens

1. (historical) A duchy, encompassing the regions of Attica and Boeotia, which was established in Greece in 1205 after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade.
   • 1883, Marcius Willson, Robert Pierpont Wilson, Mosaics of Grecian History, Harper & Brothers, page 483,

     The Duchy of Athens was the most interesting and renowned of these Frankish kingdoms; and in one of his lectures PRESIDENT FELTON¹ points out the traces which this duchy has left here and there in modern literature.

   • 1987, John Van Antwerp Fine Jr., The Late Medieval Balkans, University of Michigan Press, 1994, Paperback, page 404,

     Strengthened by this alliance, Nerio then decided to move decisively against the Duchy of Athens.

   • 2002, D. Hupchick, The Balkans: From Constantinople to Communism, Springer, page 81,

     The dukes of the Duchy of Athens came to serve as bailiffs in Achaia for the relentlessly anti-Byzantine Anjevin rulers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Charles I (1262-85) and Charles II (1285-1309).

Translations

historical duchy in Greece

Catalan: Ducat d'Atenes m German: Herzogtum Athen n Greek: Δουκάτο των Αθηνών n (Doukáto ton Athinón) Italian: Ducato di Atene m Romanian: ducatul Athenei n

Further reading

• Duchy of Athens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Frankokratia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Othon de la Roche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Duchy of Neopatras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia