County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos

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The County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos was a medieval Latin-ruled lordship in the Ionian Islands, established after the Fourth Crusade and held by Western European noble families.

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County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin lordship
crusader state
medieval county
associatedWith Frankokratia in Greece NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sicily–Naples NERFINISHED
capital Cephalonia NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
currency Byzantine coinage NERFINISHED
dissolutionReason Ottoman–Venetian conflict NERFINISHED
endTime 1479
era Middle Ages
establishedAfter Fourth Crusade NERFINISHED
ethnicComposition Greek population
event Venetian occupation of islands
conquest by the Ottomans in 1479
foundedBy Margaritus of Brindisi NERFINISHED
governmentForm feudal monarchy
historicalRegion Ionian Sea NERFINISHED
language Greek
Italian
Latin
lastRulingFamily Tocco family NERFINISHED
legalStatus hereditary fief
locatedIn Cephalonia NERFINISHED
Ionian Islands NERFINISHED
Zakynthos NERFINISHED
western Greece NERFINISHED
nobleFamily Orsini family NERFINISHED
Tocco family NERFINISHED
overlord Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
partOf Latin states in Greece NERFINISHED
politicalStatus palatine county
vassal state
predecessor Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Latin Church NERFINISHED
Western European powers NERFINISHED
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Roman Catholicism
rulingEliteOrigin Western European nobility
startTime 1185
strategicImportance control of Ionian Sea routes
successor Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
titleHeldByRuler Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos NERFINISHED

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Tocco associatedWithPoliticalEntity County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Tocco family coatOfArmsUsedIn County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
this entity surface form: County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Tocco governedTerritory County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Frankish Greece hasPart County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Tocco family ruled County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
this entity surface form: County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos