Duchy of the Archipelago

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The Duchy of the Archipelago was a maritime Crusader state centered on the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea, ruled mainly by Venetian nobles from the early 13th to the 16th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crusader state
feudal monarchy
maritime state
vassal state
alsoKnownAs Ducato dell’Arcipelago NERFINISHED
Ducato di Nasso NERFINISHED
Duchy of Naxos NERFINISHED
Duchy of the Aegean NERFINISHED
capital Naxos NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Joseph Nasi NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
continent Europe
currency Venetian ducat NERFINISHED
dissolved 1579
emergedFrom Fourth Crusade NERFINISHED
partition of the Byzantine Empire
endTime 1579
foundedBy Marco I Sanudo NERFINISHED
governmentType feudal duchy
hereditary monarchy
historicalEra High Middle Ages NERFINISHED
Late Middle Ages NERFINISHED
Renaissance
inception 1207
includedIsland Andros NERFINISHED
Antiparos NERFINISHED
Ios NERFINISHED
Milos NERFINISHED
Mykonos NERFINISHED
Naxos NERFINISHED
Paros NERFINISHED
Santorini NERFINISHED
Syros NERFINISHED
Tinos NERFINISHED
language Greek
Latin
Venetian
lastDuke Giacomo IV Crispo NERFINISHED
locatedIn Aegean Sea
Cyclades NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Greece NERFINISHED
mainPort Naxos NERFINISHED
notableRuler Francesco I Crispo NERFINISHED
Marco I Sanudo NERFINISHED
overlord Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Latin Empire NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
partOf Frankish Greece NERFINISHED
Latin states in Greece
primaryPower Venetian nobles
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Roman Catholicism
rulingDynasty Crispo family NERFINISHED
Sanudo family NERFINISHED
Sommaripa family NERFINISHED
Venetian nobility
startTime 1207
strategicRole control of sea routes in the central Aegean
suzeraintyRecognizedBy Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED

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Partition of the Byzantine Empire country Duchy of the Archipelago
Frankish Greece hasPart Duchy of the Archipelago