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”, in Paperback, University of Michigan Press, published 1994, 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