
	Where results make sense

Topic: Principality of Achaea

Related Topics

William II Villehardouin

Philip I of Taranto

William II of Achaea

Empire of Romania

Duchy of Athens

Kingdom of Thessalonica

Geoffrey of Villehardouin

Empire of Nicaea

Principality of Antioch

Mistra

List of Estonian rulers

Kingdom of Cyprus

Roman and Byzantine Greece

1307

Duchy of the Archipelago

In the News (Wed 2 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Achaea - LoveToKnow 1911
		ACHAEA, a district on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the S. to a narrow strip of fertile land on the N., bordering the Corinthian Gulf, into which the mountain Panachaicus projects.
		Achaea is bounded on the W. by the territory of Elis, on the E. by that of Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it.
		Another Achaea, in the south of Thessaly, called sometimes Achaea Phthiotis, has been supposed to be the cradle of the race.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Achaea (274 words)

	Achaea
		Achaea or Achaia is a district on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the north, bordering the Corinthian Gulf, into which the mountain Panachaicus (1,902 m, the northernmost mountain range in the Peloponnese) projects.
		Achaea is bounded on the west by the territory of Elis, on the east by that of Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it.
		Achaea today has about one-third of its habitants living in the Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/ac/achaea.html (778 words)

	Principality of Achaea
		In 1204, Geoffrey I de Villehardouin, nephew of the homonymous famous historian of the Fourth Crusade, was granted Corinth after the sack of Constantinople, with the title of Prince of Achaea.
		After the collapse of the resistance and for the years to come, Corinth became a full part of the Principality of Achaea, governed by the Villehardouin's from their capital in Andravida of Elis.
		Corinth was the last significant town of Achaea on its northern borders with another crusader state, the Duchy of Athens.
	www.ancientcorinth.net /PrincipalityofAchaea.aspx (143 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Principality of Achaea
		The Principality of Achaea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
		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.
		Achaea or Achaia is a district on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the north, bordering the Corinthian Gulf, into which the mountain Panachaicus (1,902 m, the northernmost mountain range in the Peloponnese) projects.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Principality-of-Achaea (4642 words)

	Principality of Achaea (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Principality of Achaea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
		Achaea's laws became the basis for the laws of the other Crusader States, combining aspects of Byzantine and French law, and nobles often used Byzantine titles such as logothetes and protovestarios, although these titles were adapted to fit the conceptions of Western feudalism.
		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 Palaeology, the Byzantine despot of Morea, in 1432.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Principality_of_Achaea.html (753 words)

	Patras - LoveToKnow 1911
		In 807 it was able without external assistance to defeat the Slavonians (Avars), though most of the credit of the victory was assigned to St Andrew, whose church was enriched by the imperial share of the spoils, and whose archbishop was made superior of the bishops of Methone, Lacedaemon and Corone.
		Captured in 1205 by William of Champlitte and Villehardouin, the city became the capital and its archbishop the primate of the principality of Achaea.
		At the close of the 15th century the city was governed by the archbishop in the name of the pope; but in 1428 Constantine, son of John VI., managed to get possession of it for a time.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Patras (604 words)

	Qwika - Achaea
		The Principality of Achaea fell to the Ottoman Empire.
		The area was later invaded by the Venetians in the late-16th and the 17th centuries and later invaded by the Ottomans again.
		Achaea today has about one-third of its peninsula's inhabitants and two-thirds of Achaia living in the Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
	wikipedia.qwika.com /wiki/Achaea (1015 words)

	Achaea - Definition, explanation
		Achaea is bounded on the west by the territory of Elis, on the east by that of Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it.
		The Principality of Achaea fell to the Ottoman Empire.
		Achaea today has about one-third of its peninsula's inhabitants and two-thirds of Achaia living in the Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/ac/achaea.php (1255 words)

	f. The Byzantine Empire. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		The European territories of the earlier empire were divided between the Greek despotate of Epirus and the Greek duchy of Neopatras (Thessaly, Locris), the Latin duchy of Athens, the Latin principality of Achaea, and the Venetian duchy of the Archipelago.
		Mistra (Misithra) became the capital of a flourishing principality and one of the great centers of late-Byzantine culture.
		The death of William of Villehardouin, prince of Achaea, gave the Greeks an opportunity to expand their holding in the southeastern part.
	www.bartleby.com /67/564.html (582 words)

	Osmanlı Tarihi Kültürü Medeniyeti Edebiyatı Sanatı
		Achaea was founded in 1205 by William of Champlitte, a minor knight who had participated in the crusade.
		Achaea's laws became the basis for the laws of the other Crusader States, combining aspects of Byzantine and French law, and nobles often used Byzantine titles such as logothetes and protovestarios, although these titles were adapted to fit the conceptions of Western feudalism.
		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.
	www.osmanlimedeniyeti.com /wiki/Principality_of_Achaea_.html (1055 words)

	Achaea
		Another Achaea, in the south of Thessaly, called sometimes ''Achaea Phthiotis'', has been suggested to be the cradle of the original tribe.
		The area was later invaded by the Venetians in the late- 16th and the 17th centuries and later invaded by the Ottomans again.
		Achaea or Achaia later produced several heroes including Kanaris and Roufos and prime ministers of Greece including Andreas Michalakopoulos as well as some head of states.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Achaea (1040 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Principality of Achaea
		Achaea came under the control of Italian nobles, who held on to the decreasing territory for another century before it was conquered by Thomas Palaeologus, the Byzantine despot of Morea, in 1432.
		In 1383, Achaea was annexed by Charles III of Naples, successor and murderer of Queen Joan of Naples, who was the grandson of John of Durazzo, and James of Baux was driven away.
		With the death of Centurione, the principality passed to the despotate of Morea.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Principality_of_Achaea (1418 words)

	Achaea
		Achaea is bounded on the west by the territory of Elis, on the east by that of Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it.
		In the 13th century the; Principality of Achaea was founded in Greece after the Fourth Crusade.
		Achaea today has about one-third of its peninsula's inhabitants and two-thirds of Achaia living in the Patra area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
	www.wikipedia-mirror.co.za /wiki/Achaea (1487 words)

	[No title]
		In the 17th century some half-dozen more principalities were created, of which that of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1697) survives as a sovereign house.
		Before that Edward I. had conferred the principality on his eldest son, afterwards Edward II., who was summoned to and sat in parliament as prince of Wales.
		But Edward the Black Prince was the original grantee Prince of of the principality as well as of the dukedom, under the special limitations which have continued in force to the present day.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=54371&locale=en (2011 words)

	Bulgaria encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Bulgaria politics and officials, Bulgarian History. Travel to ...
		Achaea is bounded on the west by the territory of Elis, on the east by that of Sicyon, which, however, was sometimes included in it.
		In the 13th century the Principality of Achaea was founded in Greece after the Fourth Crusade.
		Achaea today has about one-third of its peninsula\'s inhabitants and two-thirds of Achaia living in the Patra area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
	www.bulgariaiworld.com /wiki-Achaea (1091 words)

	Corinth - Phantis
		In the 12th century (during the reign of the Comnenus dynasty), the wealth of the city, generated from the silk trade to the Latin states of western Europe, attracted the attention of the Sicilian Normans under the Roger of Sicily, who plundered it in 1147.
		In 1204 Geoffrey de Villehardouin, nephew of the homonymous famous historian of the Fourth Crusade, was granted Corinth after the sack of Constantinople, with the title of Prince of Achaea.
		Corinth was the last sifnificant town of Achaea on its northern borders with another crusader state, the Duchy of Athens.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Corinth (1988 words)

	Principality of Achaea
		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.
		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.
		In 1364 Robert of Taranto, stepson of Catherine and eldest surviving son of Philip I of Taranto, died.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Medieval/LX/PrincipalityOfAchaea.html (1320 words)

	Achaea
		Achaea or Achaia is a district on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the north, bordering the Corinthian Gulf, into which the mountain Panachaicus (1,902 m, the northernmost mountain range in the Peloponnese) projects.
		Achaea today has about one-third of its habitants living in the Patra(s) area which is the capital of Achaea and the Peloponnese, and more than half of the population live in the city (municipality).
		Achaea is the most populated area in the Peloponnese peninsula, home to nearly one-third of the peninsula.
	www.informationquickfind.com /a/ac/achaea.html (1224 words)

	Achaea : search word
		Another Achaea, in the south of Thessaly, called sometimes Achaea Phthiotis, has been supposed to be the cradle of the race.
		The Principality of Achaea fell to the Ottoman Empire.
		Achaea is the most populous area in the Peloponnese peninsula, home to nearly one-third of the inhabitants of the peninsula.
	www.searchword.org /ac/achaea.html (975 words)

	Crusader States, Kings of Jerusalem & Cyprus, Templars, Hospitallers, Israel, etc.
		The principal genealogical problem with the Kings of Jerusalem seems to be the relationship of Godfrey and Baldwin I of Boulogne to their successor Baldwin II.
		As the principal city of Roman Syria, the Patriarchate of Antioch was one of the key centers of early Christianity.
		William had been captured by John, brother of the Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus, in 1259 and was ransomed with the cession of Laconia to the Romans in 1261 (beginning the Despotate of the Morea).
	www.friesian.com /outremer.htm (14406 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By the testament of William II of Villehardouin, he inherited the Principality of Achaea in 1278.
		Nor was Charles particularly successful in Achaea, where he had become (by the Treaty of Viterbo) Prince of Achaea on the death of William II Villehardouin in 1278.
		His bailli Galeran of Ivry was defeated at Skorta in his one attempt to engage the Byzantines, and was recalled in 1280 and replaced by Philip of Lagonesse.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Charles_I_of_Naples (4581 words)

	Reference Encyclopedia - Patras (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the 9th century there is a sign that the city was prosperous: the widow Danielis from Patras had accumulated immense wealth in land ownership, carpet and textile industry and offered critical support in the ascent of Basil I the Macedonian to the Byzantine throne.
		In 1204 Patras was conquered by the Fourth Crusade, and became the seat of the Latin Duchy of Achaia within the Principality of Achaea.
		Captured in 1205 by William of Champlitte and Villehardouin, the city became the capital and its archbishop the primate of the principality of Achaea.
	www.referenceencyclopedia.com /?title=Patras (4399 words)

	Louis of Burgundy at AllExperts
		Louis of Burgundy, Prince of Achaea and titular King of Thessalonica (1297 â" August 2 1316) was a younger son of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy and Agnes of France.
		Matilda and Louis arrived separately in Achaea, she sailing directly from Marseille to Navarino with 1,000 troops, while Louis came by way of Venice, where he was soliciting aid from the Republic.
		Ferdinand of Majorca, who also claimed the principality jure uxoris (his wife Isabelle de Sabran was descended from the younger daughter of William II Villehardouin), had landed there in 1315 and taken Glarentza.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/lo/louis_of_burgundy.htm (427 words)

	Schulers Books (Medieval Europe - 20/25)
		But the principal leaders, Louis VII of France and the Emperor Conrad II, could not be charged with insincerity.
		Achaea, after years of ignominious subjection to the Angevins of Naples, was similarly conquered by the Company of Navarre (1380).
		In a maimed condition the two states survived these calamities; but the Greeks and the Venetians were enabled to absorb the richest parts of the peninsula; the last traces of Frankish blood and institutions were swept away by the Turkish conquerors of the fifteenth century.
	www.schulers.com /books/hw/m/Medieval_Europe/Medieval_Europe20.htm (1969 words)

	SpivO Encyclopedia
		In the 9th century there is a sign that the city was prosperous: the widow Danielis from Patras had accumulated immense wealth in land ownership, carpet and textile industry and offered critical support in the ascent of Basil I the Macedonian to the Byzantine throne.
		In 1204 Patras was conquered by the Fourth Crusade, and became the seat of the Latin Duchy of Achaia within the Principality of Achaea.
		Captured in 1205 by William of Champlitte and Villehardouin, the city became the capital and its archbishop the primate of the principality of Achaea.
	spivo.com /encyclopedia/?title=Patras (4580 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)