Despot of the Morea

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Byzantine court title provincial ruler

The Despot of the Morea was a late Byzantine provincial ruler governing the Peloponnese region (Morea) as an appanage of the imperial family.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Despot of the Morea canonical	12
Despotate of the Morea	2
Despot	1
Despotess of the Morea	1
Despotēs	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine court title ⓘ provincial ruler ⓘ
appliesTo	Morea ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	fall of Constantinople ⓘ late Byzantine reconquest and expansion in the Peloponnese ⓘ
authorityOver	civil administration in the Morea ⓘ military forces in the Morea ⓘ
basedIn	Despot of the Morea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Despotate of the Morea
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
culturalRole	patron of late Byzantine art and learning in the Morea ⓘ
distinctFrom	Ottoman sanjak-bey of the Morea ⓘ
endedBy	Ottoman conquest of the Morea ⓘ
endTime	1460 ⓘ
firstHolder	Manuel Kantakouzenos ⓘ Theodore I Palaiologos ⓘ
governed	Despot of the Morea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Despotate of the Morea
governmentForm	hereditary principality ⓘ
grantedTo	imperial family members ⓘ
GreekName	Δεσπότης τοῦ Μορέως ⓘ
heldBy	members of the Palaiologos dynasty ⓘ
historicalEra	Late Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion	Morea ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ surface form: Peloponnese peninsula
linkedToDynasty	Kantakouzenos dynasty ⓘ Palaiologos dynasty ⓘ
notableHolder	Constantine Palaiologos ⓘ Demetrios Palaiologos ⓘ Theodore I Palaiologos ⓘ Theodore II Palaiologos ⓘ Thomas Palaiologos ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Byzantine provincial governors in the Peloponnese ⓘ
rank	one of the highest Byzantine court titles ⓘ
region	Southern Greece ⓘ surface form: southern Greece
relatedTitle	Despot ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
residence	Mystras ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Mystras ⓘ
startTime	14th century ⓘ
subordinateTo	Byzantine emperor ⓘ
successor	Ottoman governors of the Morea ⓘ
titleLanguage	Greek ⓘ
typeOf	appanage title ⓘ
usedIn	late Byzantine period ⓘ
vassalOf	Byzantine emperor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Subject: Despot of the Morea
Description of subject: The Despot of the Morea was a late Byzantine provincial ruler governing the Peloponnese region (Morea) as an appanage of the imperial family.

Referenced by (17)

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

Constantine XI Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Despot of the Morea → governed → Despot of the Morea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Despotate of the Morea

Despot of the Morea → basedIn → Despot of the Morea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Despotate of the Morea

Theodore II Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Demetrios Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Demetrios Palaiologos → title → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Despotēs

Caterina Gattilusio → spousePosition → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Palaiologos dynasty → usedTitle → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Morea → governedByTitle → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Ratatat → collaboratedWith → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Despot

Manuel Kantakouzenos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Δεσπότης τοῦ Μορέως → hasTitleInEnglish → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Theodore I Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Constantine Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Catherine Zaccaria → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Despotess of the Morea

Despoina of the Morea → consortToOffice → Despot of the Morea ⓘ

Theodora Asanina → spouseOf → Despot of the Morea ⓘ