Despotate of the Morea
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The Despotate of the Morea was a late Byzantine principality in the Peloponnese that served as one of the empire’s last strongholds before the Ottoman conquest.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Despotate of the Morea canonical | 14 |
| Byzantine Despotate of the Morea | 1 |
| Byzantine Morea | 1 |
| Despotate of Morea | 1 |
| Despotate of the Peloponnese | 1 |
| Morea Despotate | 1 |
| Principality of Morea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1814479 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Despotate of the Morea Context triple: [Thomas Palaiologos, associatedWith, Despotate of the Morea]
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Despotate of Epirus
The Despotate of Epirus was a medieval Greek successor state to the Byzantine Empire, centered in northwestern Greece and Albania, that emerged after the Fourth Crusade and played a key role in the regional struggle to restore Byzantine rule.
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B.
Duchy of Athens
The Duchy of Athens was a medieval Crusader state in central Greece, later ruled by the Crown of Aragon, that emerged after the Fourth Crusade and became a significant Latin principality in the eastern Mediterranean.
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C.
Duchy of Neopatras
The Duchy of Neopatras was a short-lived medieval principality in central Greece established in the 14th century under Catalan and later Aragonese rule.
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D.
Despot of the Morea
The Despot of the Morea was a late Byzantine provincial ruler governing the Peloponnese region (Morea) as an appanage of the imperial family.
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E.
Serbian Despotate
The Serbian Despotate was a late medieval Serbian state that emerged after the fall of the Serbian Empire and served as one of the last Christian strongholds in the Balkans before its conquest by the Ottoman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Despotate of the Morea Target entity description: The Despotate of the Morea was a late Byzantine principality in the Peloponnese that served as one of the empire’s last strongholds before the Ottoman conquest.
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A.
Despotate of Epirus
The Despotate of Epirus was a medieval Greek successor state to the Byzantine Empire, centered in northwestern Greece and Albania, that emerged after the Fourth Crusade and played a key role in the regional struggle to restore Byzantine rule.
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B.
Duchy of Athens
The Duchy of Athens was a medieval Crusader state in central Greece, later ruled by the Crown of Aragon, that emerged after the Fourth Crusade and became a significant Latin principality in the eastern Mediterranean.
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C.
Duchy of Neopatras
The Duchy of Neopatras was a short-lived medieval principality in central Greece established in the 14th century under Catalan and later Aragonese rule.
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D.
Despot of the Morea
The Despot of the Morea was a late Byzantine provincial ruler governing the Peloponnese region (Morea) as an appanage of the imperial family.
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E.
Serbian Despotate
The Serbian Despotate was a late medieval Serbian state that emerged after the fall of the Serbian Empire and served as one of the last Christian strongholds in the Balkans before its conquest by the Ottoman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Despotate of the Morea Description of subject: The Despotate of the Morea was a late Byzantine principality in the Peloponnese that served as one of the empire’s last strongholds before the Ottoman conquest.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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