Despots of the Morea

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The Despots of the Morea were late Byzantine rulers of the Peloponnese region who governed a semi-autonomous appanage of the empire from the 14th to 15th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine noble title
appanage rulers
appliedToTerritory Despotate of the Morea NERFINISHED
Peloponnese NERFINISHED
associatedWith Mystras cultural renaissance
Palaiologan Renaissance NERFINISHED
capital Mystras NERFINISHED
country Byzantine Empire
degreeOfAutonomy semi-autonomous
dynasty Kantakouzenos dynasty NERFINISHED
Palaiologos dynasty NERFINISHED
endCause Ottoman annexation of the Morea NERFINISHED
endTime 1460
feudalStatus imperial appanage
firstHolder Manuel Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED
followedBy Ottoman governors of the Morea
governedFrom Mystras fortress-city NERFINISHED
governmentForm hereditary principality
historicalEra Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod late Byzantine period
language Medieval Greek
lastHolder Demetrios Palaiologos NERFINISHED
notableEventDuringRule Ottoman conquest of the Morea NERFINISHED
construction of the Hexamilion wall
notableHolder Constantine XI Palaiologos NERFINISHED
officeType territorial lordship
parentState Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
partOf late Byzantine aristocracy
positionHeldBy Constantine Palaiologos NERFINISHED
Demetrios Palaiologos NERFINISHED
Manuel Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED
Theodore I Palaiologos NERFINISHED
Theodore II Palaiologos NERFINISHED
Thomas Palaiologos NERFINISHED
precededBy Byzantine governors of the Peloponnese
region Morea NERFINISHED
Peloponnese NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
role provincial administrator
regional military commander
startTime 1349
subclassOf Byzantine despots
titleCreatedBy Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED
usedTitle despotēs
vassalTo Byzantine emperor

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Sophia Palaiologina relative Despots of the Morea