lords of Ainos

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The lords of Ainos were the Gattilusio family’s feudal rulers of the important medieval port city of Ainos (modern Enez) on the northern Aegean coast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal lordship
hereditary title
associatedWith Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Genoese maritime interests
belongsToDynasticNetwork Gattilusio lordships in the northeastern Aegean
centeredOn medieval port city of Ainos
controls port of Ainos
surrounding hinterland of Ainos
endedBy Ottoman conquest of Ainos NERFINISHED
ethnicallyLinkedTo Genoese nobility NERFINISHED
governedFrom fortified town of Ainos NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Lords of Enez NERFINISHED
hasCapital Ainos NERFINISHED
hasCoastlineOn Aegean Sea NERFINISHED
hasEconomicRole control of Aegean maritime trade routes
control of grain exports from Thrace
hasModernCountry Turkey NERFINISHED
hasModernLocationName Enez NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalStatus feudal fief
semi-autonomous lordship
hasRulingFamily Gattilusio family NERFINISHED
hasStrategicImportance control of entrance to Hebros (Maritsa) River
control of northern Aegean seaways
historicalPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Byzantine Thrace NERFINISHED
languageOfAdministration Greek
Italian
locatedIn Aegean Sea region NERFINISHED
Ainos NERFINISHED
Enez NERFINISHED
Thrace NERFINISHED
modern Turkey
locatedOn northern Aegean coast
partOf Gattilusio domains NERFINISHED
Gattilusio lordships in the Aegean NERFINISHED
relatedTitle Lords of Lesbos NERFINISHED
Lords of Samothrace NERFINISHED
Lords of Thasos NERFINISHED
religionOfPopulation Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
religionOfRulers Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED
ruledBy Gattilusio family NERFINISHED
successorState Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED

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Gattilusio politicalRole lords of Ainos