Catalan Company

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medieval military unit mercenary company military company

The Catalan Company was a notorious early 14th-century mercenary band from the Crown of Aragon that campaigned across the eastern Mediterranean, ultimately seizing territories in Greece and founding short-lived Catalan-ruled states.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Catalan Company canonical	12
Catalan Company in Athens	1
Catalan Company in Greece	1
Great Catalan Company	1
Navarrese Company	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval military unit ⓘ mercenary company ⓘ military company ⓘ
activeInCentury	14th century ⓘ
allegianceAfterConquest	Crown of Aragon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Franks of the Levant ⓘ surface form: Companya Catalana d’Orient Franks of the Levant ⓘ surface form: Companyia Catalana d’Orient Catalan Company ⓘ surface form: Great Catalan Company
baseOfOperations	Duchy of Athens ⓘ Gallipoli ⓘ
causeOfDecline	integration into local polities ⓘ internal divisions ⓘ loss of patronage ⓘ
conflict	Byzantine civil conflicts ⓘ Byzantine–Seljuk wars ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Turkish wars wars in Frankish Greece ⓘ
conquered	Duchy of Athens ⓘ Duchy of Neopatras ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Crown of Aragon ⓘ
employer	Andronikos II Palaiologos ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ
endTime	late 14th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Aragonese ⓘ Catalan people ⓘ surface form: Catalans
formedFrom	Almogavars ⓘ
founded	Duchy of Athens ⓘ surface form: Catalan Duchy of Athens Duchy of Neopatras ⓘ surface form: Catalan Duchy of Neopatras
governedUnder	House of Barcelona ⓘ
languageUsed	Catalan ⓘ Occitan ⓘ
leader	Berenguer d’Entença ⓘ Bernat de Rocafort ⓘ Ferran Ximenis d’Arenós ⓘ Roger de Flor ⓘ
militaryBranch	infantry ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Apros ⓘ
notableEvent	massacre of Genoese in Galata ⓘ revenge raids in Thrace ⓘ
notableFor	campaigns in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ conquest of territories in Greece ⓘ establishment of Catalan-ruled states in Greece ⓘ service as mercenaries in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
primaryTheaterOfOperations	Anatolia ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Greece ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: eastern Mediterranean
startTime	1303 ⓘ
usedMilitaryUnitType	light infantry ⓘ skirmishers ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Neopatras → establishedBy → Catalan Company ⓘ

Catalan domains in Greece → ruledBy → Catalan Company ⓘ

Catalan domains in Greece → establishedBy → Catalan Company ⓘ

Catalan Company → alsoKnownAs → Catalan Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Catalan Company

Catalan conquest of Thessaly → belligerent → Catalan Company ⓘ

Duke of Neopatras → associatedWith → Catalan Company ⓘ

Battle of Halmyros → conflictBetween → Catalan Company ⓘ

Battle of Halmyros → belligerent → Catalan Company ⓘ

Battle of Halmyros → relatedTo → Catalan Company ⓘ

Alfonso Fadrique → allegiance → Catalan Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catalan Company in Greece

Nerio I Acciaioli → conflictWith → Catalan Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navarrese Company

Roger Deslaur → militaryAffiliation → Catalan Company ⓘ

Roger Deslaur → politicalAlignment → Catalan Company ⓘ

Walter V of Brienne → opponent → Catalan Company ⓘ

Walter V of Brienne → successor → Catalan Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catalan Company in Athens

Duke of Neopatria → associatedWith → Catalan Company ⓘ