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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

History

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

World history

1246 Death of Geoffrey. His brother =Guillaume Villehardouin=
       succeeds. He proposes to complete conquest of Peloponnesus.

  1247 Conquest of Nauplia with help of Venetians of Modon.

  1248 Conquest of Monemvasia. Before the end of the year the
       entire Peloponnesus is under Frankish domination.

  1259 Guillaume assists his father-in-law Michael II of Epirus
       in his war against Michael VIII of Constantinople. Battle of
       Pelagonia, and capture of Guillaume, by Michael VIII.

  1261 Guillaume released by ceding Monemvasia, Misithra, and
       Maina, three strong cities, to Michael VIII.

       Pope Urban IV releases Guillaume from promise not to wage war
       on Michael. Warfare results in the Morea.

  1263 Urban IV mediates between Michael and Guillaume.

  1267 The principality becomes a dependency of the kingdom of
       Naples, having been that of the Romanian emperors.

  1277 Death of Guillaume. His daughter =Isabella= succeeds.

  1278 Death of Isabella’s husband Philip of Anjou. =Guillaume
       de la Roche=, duke of Athens, governs for ten years.

  1291 Isabella marries Florenz of Hainault.

  1297 Death of Florenz and end of last prosperous period of the
       principality. The suzerainty of Achaia has been transferred to
       Philip of Tarentum.

  1301 Isabella marries Philip of Savoy.

  1304 Isabella and Philip leave Greece in consequence of
       disputes with their vassals and with Philip of Tarentum.

  1311 Death of Isabella in Italy. Her daughter =Maud of
       Hainault=, widow of Guy II of Athens, succeeds.

  1313 Maud marries Louis of Burgundy.

  1315 Maud and Louis leave for Greece. Ferdinand of Majorca
       claims principality and sets out to take it.

  1316 Death of Ferdinand in battle with Louis.

  1317 Death of Louis. The house of Anjou try to marry Maud to
       Count John of Gravina, but finds she has already married Hugh
       de la Pallisse. King of Naples declares this marriage null,
       and Maud is compelled to go through ceremony with John. She
       is then imprisoned and dies about 1324. =Philip of Tarentum=
       takes title of prince.

  1332 =Robert=, titular emperor of Romania, succeeds his father
       Philip as prince, while his mother Catherine of Valois becomes
       suzerain. John of Gravina still disputes the principality.
       The Achæan barons fail in attempt to transfer their fealty to
       Constantinople and to Don Jayme II of Majorca.

  1346 At death of Catherine de Valois, Robert becomes suzerain
       of Achaia as well as prince.

  1364 Death of Robert, leaving principality to his widow =Mary=
       of Bourbon, the suzerainty devolving on Philip III titular
       emperor of Romania. Mary establishes herself in Greece, but is
       unable to hold the position.

  1373 James de Baux becomes suzerain.

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History

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

World history

1246 Death of Geoffrey. His brother =Guillaume Villehardouin=
       succeeds. He proposes to complete conquest of Peloponnesus.

  1247 Conquest of Nauplia with help of Venetians of Modon.

  1248 Conquest of Monemvasia. Before the end of the year the
       entire Peloponnesus is under Frankish domination.

  1259 Guillaume assists his father-in-law Michael II of Epirus
       in his war against Michael VIII of Constantinople. Battle of
       Pelagonia, and capture of Guillaume, by Michael VIII.

  1261 Guillaume released by ceding Monemvasia, Misithra, and
       Maina, three strong cities, to Michael VIII.

       Pope Urban IV releases Guillaume from promise not to wage war
       on Michael. Warfare results in the Morea.

  1263 Urban IV mediates between Michael and Guillaume.

  1267 The principality becomes a dependency of the kingdom of
       Naples, having been that of the Romanian emperors.

  1277 Death of Guillaume. His daughter =Isabella= succeeds.

  1278 Death of Isabella’s husband Philip of Anjou. =Guillaume
       de la Roche=, duke of Athens, governs for ten years.

  1291 Isabella marries Florenz of Hainault.

  1297 Death of Florenz and end of last prosperous period of the
       principality. The suzerainty of Achaia has been transferred to
       Philip of Tarentum.

  1301 Isabella marries Philip of Savoy.

  1304 Isabella and Philip leave Greece in consequence of
       disputes with their vassals and with Philip of Tarentum.

  1311 Death of Isabella in Italy. Her daughter =Maud of
       Hainault=, widow of Guy II of Athens, succeeds.

  1313 Maud marries Louis of Burgundy.

  1315 Maud and Louis leave for Greece. Ferdinand of Majorca
       claims principality and sets out to take it.

  1316 Death of Ferdinand in battle with Louis.

  1317 Death of Louis. The house of Anjou try to marry Maud to
       Count John of Gravina, but finds she has already married Hugh
       de la Pallisse. King of Naples declares this marriage null,
       and Maud is compelled to go through ceremony with John. She
       is then imprisoned and dies about 1324. =Philip of Tarentum=
       takes title of prince.

  1332 =Robert=, titular emperor of Romania, succeeds his father
       Philip as prince, while his mother Catherine of Valois becomes
       suzerain. John of Gravina still disputes the principality.
       The Achæan barons fail in attempt to transfer their fealty to
       Constantinople and to Don Jayme II of Majorca.

  1346 At death of Catherine de Valois, Robert becomes suzerain
       of Achaia as well as prince.

  1364 Death of Robert, leaving principality to his widow =Mary=
       of Bourbon, the suzerainty devolving on Philip III titular
       emperor of Romania. Mary establishes herself in Greece, but is
       unable to hold the position.

  1373 James de Baux becomes suzerain.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 07 : $b the history of the later Roman Empire

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