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	Duchy of Athens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although he was known as the "Duke of Athens" from the foundation of the duchy in 1205, the title did not become official until 1280.
		Athens was originally a vassal state of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, but after Thessalonica was captured in 1224 by Theodore, the Byzantine Despot of Epirus, the duchy became a vassal of the Principality of Achaea.
		In 1444 Athens became a tributary of Constantine Palaeologus, the despot of Morea and heir to the Byzantine throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duchy_of_Athens (426 words)

	Duchy of Athens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Athens was originally a vassal state of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, but after Thessalonica was captured in 1224 by Theodore, the Byzantine Despot of Epirus,the duchy became a vassal of the Principality ofAchaea.
		From 1395 to 1402 the Venetians briefly controlledthe Duchy.
		In 1444 Athens became a tributary of Constantine Palaeologus, the despot of Morea and heir to theByzantine throne.
	www.therfcc.org /duchy-of-athens-100558.html (314 words)

	athens
		Athens (Greek Athina or Αθήνα) is the capital of Greece, and also the capital of the Attica region of Greece.
		Athens sprawls across the central plain of Attica, which is bound by mount Aegaleo on the west, mount Parnitha on the north, mount Penteli to the northeast, mount Hymettus on the east, and the Saronic Gulf on the south-west.
		Athens was occupied by the Germans during World War II and experienced terrible privations during the later years of the war.
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	DUCHY OF ATHENS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Duchy of Athens was one of the Crusader_States set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine_Empire during the Fourth_Crusade.
		Athens was originally a vassal state of the Kingdom_of_Thessalonica, but after Thessalonica was captured in 1224 by Theodore, the Byzantine Despot of Epirus, the duchy became a vassal of the Principality_of_Achaea.
		The Duchy was held by the family of la Roche until 1308, when it passed to Walter_V_of_Brienne.
	www.19gmarketinggroup.com /Duchy_of_Athens (335 words)

	Athens, city, Greece. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The main landmark of Athens is the acropolis (412 ft/126 m high), which dominates the city and on which stand the remains of the Parthenon, the propylaea, and the Erechtheum.
		Occupying the southern part of Athens, the Acropolis is ringed by the other chief landmarks of the ancient city—the Pnyx, where the citizens’ assemblies were held; the Areopagus; the Theseum of Hephaesteum, a well-preserved Doric temple of the 5th cent.
		Athens became a minor ally of growing Rome, and a period of stagnation was broken only when the city unwisely chose to support Mithradates VI of Pontus against Rome.
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		Cleves, duchy of Cleves, duchy of, former state, W Germany, on both sides of the lower Rhine, bordering on the Netherlands.
		Unlike Eastphalia, the eastern third of the duchy of Saxony, Westphalia survived the breakup (1180) of the Saxon duchy as a regional concept, although it lost political unity.
		Moscow, grand duchy of Moscow or Muscovy, grand duchy of, state existing in W central Russia from the late 14th to mid-16th cent., with the city of Moscow as its nucleus.
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	Station Information - Duchy of Athens
		Athens was originally a vassal state of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, but after Thessalonica was captured in 1224 by the Byzantine Despot of Epirus, the duchy became a vassal of the Principality of Achaea.
		The de la Roche family held the duchy until 1308 when Walter of Brienne became duke.
		The Duchy was then ruled by the kings of Aragon and Sicily (who were lords of Catalonia) until 1388 when the Acciajuoli family of Florence took control.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/d/du/duchy_of_athens.html (275 words)

	Duchy - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Duchy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Historically, some duchies in Continental Europe were sovereign, while others (especially in France and Britain) were subordinate districts of a kingdom.
		Unlike historic duchies, these are no longer coextensive with a distinct geographic area, though they originate in the palatine counties of Cornwall and Lancaster.
		The income of the Duchy of Cornwall accrues to the Duke of Cornwall, who is the monarch's eldest son if heir to the throne (and thus currently the Prince of Wales).
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Duchy.html (309 words)

	Walter V of Brienne: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He was the son of Hugh of Brienne, Count of Brienne and Lecce, and Isabel of la Roche, daughter of Guy I of la Roche, Duke of Athens.
		The death of his mother's first cousin, Guy II of la Roche, in 1308 brought him the Duchy of Athens.
		The Catalans won a devastating victory, killing Walter and almost all of his chivalry, and seizing his Duchy of Athens, excepting only the Lordship of Argos and Nauplia.
	wikipedia.openfun.org /Walter_V_of_Brienne (395 words)

	Athens -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The powerful fleet also enabled Athens to gain hegemony in the Delian League, which was created in 478-477 BC through the confederation of many city-states; in succeeding years the league was transformed into an empire headed by Athens.
		Despite the pleas by Demosthenes to the citizens of Athens to stand up against Macedon, Athens was decisively defeated by Philip at Chaeronea in 338 BC The city did not dare dispute the mastery of Philip's son and successor, Alexander the Great.
		As a result, Athens was sacked by the Roman general Sulla in 86 BC Nevertheless, Athens sent out many teachers to Rome and retained a certain faded glory as a moderately prosperous small city in the backwash of the empire.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/athensgr_history.asp (1831 words)

	Duchy of Athens -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It did not hold the islands of the (An arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia) Aegean Sea, which were (A resident of Venice) Venetian territories.
		The buildings of the (The citadel in ancient Greek towns) Acropolis in Athens served as the palace for the dukes.
		After 1381 the Duchy was ruled by the Catalan kings of (Click link for more info and facts about Aragon and Sicily) Aragon and Sicily until 1388 when the (Click link for more info and facts about Acciajuoli) Acciajuoli family of (A town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center) Florence bought Athens.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Du/Duchy_of_Athens.htm (497 words)

	William II Villehardouin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1236 he aided the Latin Empire against the Byzantine Empire of Nicaea, and was rewarded with the overlordship of the Venetian Duchy of the Archipelago and other Venetian territories in the Aegean Sea.
		Under William's rule the Duchy of the Archipelago, the Duchy of Athens, and the Venetian lords of Euboea recognized him as their lord.
		With the decreasing power and influence of Achaea, the Duchy of Athens became the most powerful state in Greece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_II_Villehardouin (568 words)

	duchy
		A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess.
		The only modern duchies in the United Kingdom are those of Cornwall and Lancaster.
		The Duchy of Lancaster is administered by a Chancellor who is a member of the British Cabinet.
	www.fact-library.com /duchy.html (291 words)

	Principality of Achaea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It became a vassal of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, along with the Duchy of Athens, until Thessalonica was captured by Theodore, the despot of Epirus, in 1224.
		In 1311 the Duchy of Athens was taken over by the Catalan Company, whose actions helped to destablize Achaean territory.
		Achaea came under the control of Italian nobles, who held on to the increasingly smaller territory for another century before it was conquered by Thomas Palaeologus, the Byzantine despot of Morea, in 1432.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Principality_of_Achaea (1080 words)

	florist athens - Local area business directory. Local services.
		Erichthonius I of Athens King Erichthonius (or Erechtheus) I of Athens was, according to some legends, autochthonous (born of the soil), and in other accounts he was the son of Hephaestus and Gaia or Athena or Atthis.
		Erichthonius II of Athens Erichthonius (or Erechtheus) II, king of Athens, was the grandson of King Erichthonius I of Athens, the son of Pandion and Zeuxippe, and the father, with Praxithea, of Procris, Creusa and Pandorus, among many others.
		Duchy of Athens The Duchy of Athens was one of the Crusader States set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade.
	www.localbizus.com /georgia/athens/athens-georgia-florist.html (587 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		Athens, however, began to exert its power over the other members of the league to such an extent that they became its subjects rather than its allies.
		In the 14th century the court of Athens was one of the most brilliant feudal courts of Europe.
		Athens was chosen in September 1997 to host the Summer Olympics in 2004.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/nations/greece2.html (8846 words)

	Attica -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Athens was originally the capital of (Click link for more info and facts about Central Greece) Central Greece.
		To the north it is bordered by the (A district of ancient Greece northwest of Athens) Boeotian plain and to the west it is bordered by (The modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens) Corinth.
		The process of how Attica was united by Athens is not entirely clear, but it concluded at some point in the first half of the 7th century BC when (Click link for more info and facts about Eleusis) Eleusis and the surrounding plains were joined to the Athenian state, and its inhabitants became citizens.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/At/Attica.htm (1881 words)

	From Byzantine to Ottoman rule - Athens Info Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Following the creation of the Latin Empire of Constantinople in 1204, Athens passed to Othon de la Roche, a French nobleman from Franche-Comté who was made megaskyr (great lord) of Athens and Thebes.
		In 1311 the duchy was captured by a band of Catalan soldier-adventurers who offered the ducal title to King Frederick II of Sicily, a member of the house of Aragon.
		Members of the house of Aragon carried the title but Athens was in fact governed by the “Catalan Grand Company,” which also acquired the neighboring duchy of Neopatras.
	www.athensinfoguide.com /historybyzantine.htm (306 words)

	Attica Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In addition to Athens, it contains within its area the cities of Peiraeus, Eleusis, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and the islands of Salamis, Aegina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, Kythira, and Antikythira.
		Athens' first and only large reservoir named Lake Marathon is about 42 km northeast and is called the Marathon Dam which first opened in the 1920s.
		Attica later became part of (successively) the Roman and Byzantine Empires, the crusader Duchy of Athens, and the Ottoman Empire, until the Greek War of Independence.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Attica (1383 words)

	Attica - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Athens' first and only large reservoir named Lake Marathon is about 35 km northeast and is called the Marathon Dam which first opened in the 1920s.
		Athens Radio Deejay - Athens - 95.2 FM - http://www.radiodeejay.fm - Broadcasts nationally
		Galaxy 92 - Athens - 92.0 FM - http://www.galaxy92.gr
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Attica (1062 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The mean annual temperature in Athens is about 17° C (about 63° F); the extremes range from a normal low temperature of –0.6° C (31° F) in January to a normal high of 37.2° C (99° F) in July.
		Both the birth rate (formerly one of the highest in Europe) and the death rate have declined in recent years, and in the early 1990s the annual rate of population growth was 0.8%.
		The largest and most important city is Athens, the capital, with a population (1991) of 748,110.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/nations/greece.html (3289 words)

	Italy
		The son of Giovanna and Giovanni, Francesco Maria, then succeeds to the Duchy, which is then in the possession of the della Roveres until the male line fails and the territory reverts to the Papacy.
		The Duchy of Florence was upgraded to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1569, and Cosimo's line continued until 1737.
		The Duchy of Parma was detached by the Emperor Charles V from Milan to be added to the Papal States, but Pope Paul III (1534-1549), Paolo Farnese, used it for his illegitimate son, Pier Luigi, instead.
	www.friesian.com /italia.htm (9545 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - View Single Post - The One True Faith: A Byzantine AAR
		That is why, on January 1, 1419, the Emperor Manuel II sent a declaration of war to the Duchy of Athens.
		The first incursion into the province was repulsed by the Duchy of Athens, so reinforcements from Thrace were brought on the Byzantine Fleet, the Cibyrrhaeots Theme.
		Meanwhile, in the west, the armies besieging Athens were attacked by the remnants of the Duchy of Athens's army.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showpost.php?p=2040840&postcount=4 (499 words)

	Athens - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		to the citizens of Athens to stand up against Macedon, Athens was decisively defeated by Philip at Chaeronea in 338 &BC; The city did not dare dispute the mastery of Philip's son and successor, Alexander the Great.
		After his death Athens revolted (323-322 &BC;) against control by Macedon, but the revolt was quashed, and Athens lost its remaining dependencies and declined into a provincial city.
		As a result, Athens was sacked by the Roman general Sulla in 86 &BC; Nevertheless, Athens sent out many teachers to Rome and retained a certain faded glory as a moderately prosperous small city in the backwash of the empire.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?enc=3238 (1873 words)

	Athens, city, Greece: History
		Members of the house of Aragón carried the title, but Athens was in fact governed by the “Catalan Grand Company,” which also acquired (1318) the neighboring duchy of Neopatras.
		ATHENS, GREECE -- A woman sleeps on a park bench near the Greek Parliament building on Friday, August 20, 2004, in Athens, Greece.
		Hello Athens: Never has an Olympic host city battled so much criticism, sparked so many security concerns or been so crucial to the future of the Games.
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