Despot of the Morea

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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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Label Occurrences
Despot of the Morea canonical 13
Despotess of the Morea 3
Despotate of the Morea 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine court title ⓘ
provincial ruler ⓘ
appliesTo Morea ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
associatedWithEvent fall of Constantinople ⓘ
late Byzantine reconquest and expansion in the Peloponnese ⓘ
authorityOver civil administration in the Morea ⓘ
military forces in the Morea ⓘ
basedIn Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
linked to: Despot of the Morea
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
culturalRole patron of late Byzantine art and learning in the Morea ⓘ
distinctFrom Ottoman sanjak-bey of the Morea ⓘ
endedBy Ottoman conquest of the Morea ⓘ
endTime 1460 ⓘ
firstHolder Manuel Kantakouzenos ⓘ
Theodore I Palaiologos ⓘ
governed Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
linked to: Despot of the Morea
governmentForm hereditary principality ⓘ
grantedTo imperial family members ⓘ
GreekName Δεσπότης τοῦ Μορέως ⓘ
heldBy members of the Palaiologos dynasty ⓘ
historicalEra Late Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Morea ⓘ
Peloponnese peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Peloponnese
linkedToDynasty Kantakouzenos dynasty ⓘ
Palaiologos dynasty ⓘ
notableHolder Constantine Palaiologos ⓘ
Demetrios Palaiologos ⓘ
Theodore I Palaiologos ⓘ
Theodore II Palaiologos ⓘ
Thomas Palaiologos ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
predecessor Byzantine provincial governors in the Peloponnese ⓘ
rank one of the highest Byzantine court titles ⓘ
region southern Greece ⓘ
linked to: Southern Greece
relatedTitle Despot ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
residence Mystras ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Mystras ⓘ
startTime 14th century ⓘ
subordinateTo Byzantine emperor ⓘ
successor Ottoman governors of the Morea ⓘ
titleLanguage Greek ⓘ
typeOf appanage title ⓘ
usedIn late Byzantine period ⓘ
vassalOf Byzantine emperor ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constantine XI Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Despot of the Morea → governed → Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
linked to: Despot of the Morea
Despot of the Morea → basedIn → Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
linked to: Despot of the Morea
Theodore II Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Demetrios Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Demetrios Palaiologos → title → Despotēs ⓘ
linked to: Despot of the Morea
Caterina Gattilusio → spousePosition → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Palaiologos dynasty → usedTitle → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Morea → governedByTitle → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Ratatat → collaboratedWith → Despot ⓘ
linked to: Despot of the Morea
Manuel Kantakouzenos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Theodore I Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Constantine Palaiologos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Catherine Zaccaria → positionHeld → Despotess of the Morea ⓘ
linked to: Despot of the Morea
Despoina of the Morea → consortToOffice → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Theodora Asanina → spouseOf → Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Cleope Malatesta → title → Despotess of the Morea ⓘ
linked to: Despot of the Morea
Cleope Malatesta → positionHeld → Despotess of the Morea ⓘ
linked to: Despot of the Morea
Matthew Kantakouzenos → positionHeld → Despot of the Morea ⓘ