The Despotate of the Morea (Greek: Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μορέως, romanized: Despotâton toû Moréōs) or Despotate of Mystras (Greek: Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μυστρᾶ, romanized: Despotâton...

the Principality of Achaea, the Byzantine province known as the Despotate of the Morea, by the Ottoman Empire for the Morea Eyalet, and later by the Republic...

castle, it served as the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries, experiencing a period of prosperity and cultural...

regularized (aside from Epirus, the Despotate of the Morea is the most notable case). The territorial term "despotate" itself (in Greek δεσποτᾶτον, despotaton)...

was Despot of the Morea together with his brother Thomas from 1449 until the fall of the despotate in 1460. Demetrios and Thomas were sons of Byzantine...

The Principality of Achaea (/əˈkiːə/) or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after...

of the Morea from 1428 until the fall of the despotate in 1460, although he continued to claim the title until his death five years later. He was the...

Byzantine Despotate of the Morea in the Peloponnese peninsula. The Byzantine Empire had ruled over the Morea for centuries before the rebellion. During the second...

bearing the title of despot; most notably the Despotate of Epirus, the Despotate of the Morea, the Despotate of Dobruja and the Serbian Despotate. In modern...

The Ottoman conquest of the Morea occurred in two phases, in 1458 and 1460, and marked the end of the Despotate of the Morea, one of the last remnants...

emerged as the strongest state, and prospered even after the demise of the Latin Empire. Its main rival was the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, which eventually...

1453. The last remnants of the Byzantine Empire, the Despotate of the Morea and the Empire of Trebizond, fell shortly afterwards. However, the Palaiologan...

preparing for the siege of Constantinople, he had sent the old general Turakhan and the latter's two sons, Ahmed Beg and Omar Beg, to invade the Morea and to...

Λουκάνης) was a Byzantine aristocrat active in the Despotate of the Morea in the 1450s. Nikephoros Loukanes was of noble descent, but little is known about...

most of its empire in the Aegean and the Morea. France and the Ottoman Empire, united by mutual opposition to Habsburg rule, became allies. The French...

Mystras was the residence of a Despot who ruled over the Byzantine Morea, known as the "Despotate of the Morea". For the larger portion of his reign, Manuel...

captured in the following months, ending the existence of the Serbian Despotate. The Despotate of the Morea bordered the southern Ottoman Balkans. The Ottomans...

John the Theologian, Patmos The Paregoretissa Church, cathedral of Arta, capital of the Despotate of Epirus Despotate of the Morea (1349–1460) The Byzantine...

would over the next century become the Despotate of the Morea. Following the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the two main Byzantine...

pay the annual tribute and a revolt against the Ottomans finally led to Mehmed II's invasion of Morea in May 1460; he conquered the entire Despotate by...

Paleologos sent him to Mystra in the Despotate of Morea in the southern Peloponnese, which remained his home for the rest of his life. In Constantinople,...

even after the demise of the Latin Empire. Its main rival was the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, which eventually succeeded in conquering the Principality...

part of the Despotate of the Morea. The Despotate of the Morea fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1460. As a part of the Morean War, the Republic of Venice...

in the Despotate of the Morea. Member of a noble family of Frankish origin, he was protostrator and katholikos mesazon (chief minister) under the Despot...

an annual income of 5000 ducats. Furthermore, Charles was to use his military and naval forces to recover the Despotate of the Morea for Andreas. In return...

Following the Fourth Crusade and fall of Constantinople to the "Latins" in 1204, mainland Greece was split between the Greek Despotate of Epirus and...

Theodore ruled the Despotate of the Morea. John V was the son of Emperor Andronikos III and his wife Anna, the daughter of Count Amadeus V of Savoy by his...

of the Despotate of the Morea, to invading forces of the Ottoman Empire after a year-long siege. 22 July – Louis XI of France succeeds Charles VII of...

The Morea expedition (French: Expédition de Morée) is the name given to the land intervention of the French Army in the Peloponnese between 1828 and 1833...

driven out of the Morea (the modern-day Peloponnese) and John V's son Theodore was placed to govern it as the semi-independent Despot of the Morea, an important...