Meaning of Duchy of Athens | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“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.”

“Strengthened by this alliance, Nerio then decided to move decisively against the Duchy of Athens.”

“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).”

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