Morea

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Morea was the medieval name for the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, which served as a significant Byzantine province and later despotate.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Morea canonical 41
"Morea" 1
Morea (to Venice) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine despotate
Byzantine province
historical region
medieval name
alternativeName Despotate of the Morea
associatedWithDynasty Palaiologos dynasty
associatedWithPerson Constantine XI Palaiologos
Demetrios Palaiologos
Thomas Palaiologos
bordersSea Aegean Sea
Ionian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
capital Mystras
conflictSite Byzantine–Ottoman wars
containsCity Corinth
Mystras
Patras
culturalHeritage Byzantine churches and monasteries
etymologyHypothesis derived from Greek word for mulberry (morea)
governedByTitle Despot of the Morea
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
incorporatedIntoOttomanEmpire 15th century
languageOfName Medieval Greek
laterControlledBy Frankish Crusaders
linked to: Franks

Ottoman Empire
Principality of Achaea
laterName Peloponnese
locatedIn southern Greece
linked to: Southern Greece
locatedOn Peloponnese peninsula
linked to: Peloponnese
medievalNameOf Peloponnese
modernCountry Greece
notableSite Mystras archaeological site
linked to: Mystras
partOf Byzantine Empire
partOfRegion Balkan Peninsula
linked to: Balkans
politicalStructure appanage of Byzantine imperial family
predecessorEntity Theme of Peloponnese
linked to: Peloponnese
regionType peninsula
religionDominant Eastern Orthodox Christianity
significance center of late Byzantine culture
major Byzantine stronghold in southern Greece
siteOf Morean War
statusIn15thCentury last major Byzantine territory outside Constantinople
strategicImportance control of routes between western and eastern Mediterranean
usedAsNameFromCentury 13th century
usedAsNameUntilCentury 19th century
usedBy Byzantine administration
linked to: Byzantine law

Western European chroniclers

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (44)

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

Mehmed II conquered Morea
siege and fall of Tripolitsa in 1821 location Tripolitsa
linked to: Morea
Orlov Revolt hasLocation Morea
Morean War hasLocation Morea
Sultan Mustafa II territorialLoss Morea (to Venice)
linked to: Morea
Theodora Tocco placeOfActivity Morea
subject linked to: Theodora
Old Man of the Morea hasPart "Morea"
linked to: Morea
Stato da Mar hasPart Morea