The Duchy of Athens was a Latin or Frankish state in Greece that existed from 1205 to 1458 CE. It was created in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade (1202-1204 CE) and would be ruled for the majority of its history by the Burgundian de la Roche family, the Catalans under the rule of the kings of Sicily, and the Florentine Acciaioli family. As a Latin state in Greece, it was closely connected to its neighboring states as well as the rulers of southern Italy and imposed feudal law on its small territory in Attica, Boeotia, and later Thessaly.
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1205 - c. 1225Reign of Otto de la Roche over the Duchy of Athens.
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1205 - 1458Duchy of Athens.
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c. 1234 - 1263Reign of Guy I de la Roche, Duke of Athens.
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1258William II of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea, defeats Guy I de la Roche, Duke of Athens, in the War of the Euboeote Succession.
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1263 - 1280Reign of John I de la Roche, Duke of Athens.
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1280 - 1287Reign of William I de la Roche, Duke of Athens.
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1287 - 1308Reign of Guy II de la Roche, Duke of Athens.
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1308 - 1311Reign of Walter of Brienne, Duke of Athens.
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1311Battle of Halmyros: the Catalan Company defeats and kills Walter of Brienne, Duke of Athens.
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1311 - 1388Catalan rule over the Duchy of Athens, under the Crown of Aragon.
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1319 - 1394Duchy of Neopatras, under the Duchy of Athens.
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1331 - 1332Walter of Brienne, son of the Duke of Athens of the same name, leads an unsuccessful crusade against the Catalans to recover the duchy.
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1379The Navarrese Company sacks Athenian-held Thebes.
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1388Nerio Acciaioli, with the help of the Navarrese Company, captures Athens from the Catalans.
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1388 - 1394Reign of Nerio I Acciaioli, Duke of Athens.
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1395 - 1402Athens held by Venice.
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1402Antonio I Acciaioli captures Athens from Venice.
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1403 - 1435Reign of Antonio I Acciaioli, Duke of Athens.
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1435 - 1439Reign of Nerio II Acciaioli, Duke of Athens.
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1439 - 1441Reign of Antonio II Acciaioli, Duke of Athens.
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1441 - 1451Second reign of Nerio II Acciaioli, Duke of Athens.
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1444The Byzantines briefly capture Athens and Thebes.
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1444The Duchy of Athens becomes a vassal of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea.
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1451 - 1455Reign of Francesco I Acciaioli, Duke of Athens.
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1455 - 1458Reign of Francesco II Acciaioli, the last duke of Athens.
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1458Conquest of the Duchy of Athens by the Ottoman Empire.
