County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos

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The County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos was a medieval Latin-ruled lordship in the Ionian Islands, established after the Fourth Crusade and held by Western European noble families.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin lordship ⓘ
crusader state ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
associatedWith Frankokratia in Greece ⓘ
linked to: Frankish Greece

Kingdom of Sicily–Naples ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Naples
capital Cephalonia ⓘ
linked to: Kefalonia
continent Europe ⓘ
country Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
currency Byzantine coinage ⓘ
dissolutionReason Ottoman–Venetian conflict ⓘ
endTime 1479 ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
establishedAfter Fourth Crusade ⓘ
ethnicComposition Greek population ⓘ
event Venetian occupation of islands ⓘ
conquest by the Ottomans in 1479 ⓘ
foundedBy Margaritus of Brindisi ⓘ
governmentForm feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Ionian Sea ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
lastRulingFamily Tocco family ⓘ
legalStatus hereditary fief ⓘ
locatedIn Cephalonia ⓘ
linked to: Kefalonia

Ionian Islands ⓘ
Zakynthos ⓘ
western Greece ⓘ
linked to: Western Greece
nobleFamily Orsini family ⓘ
linked to: Orsini

Tocco family ⓘ
overlord Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
partOf Latin states in Greece ⓘ
linked to: Latin Greece
politicalStatus palatine county ⓘ
vassal state ⓘ
predecessor Byzantine Empire ⓘ
recognizedBy Latin Church ⓘ
Western European powers ⓘ
linked to: European states
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingEliteOrigin Western European nobility ⓘ
startTime 1185 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Ionian Sea routes ⓘ
successor Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
titleHeldByRuler Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ

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

Frankish Greece → hasPart → County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ
Tocco → governedTerritory → County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ
Tocco → associatedWithPoliticalEntity → County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ
Tocco family → ruled → County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ
linked to: County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Tocco family → coatOfArmsUsedIn → County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ
linked to: County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Latin Greece → hasPart → County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ
Tocco of Kefalonia → ruled → County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ
linked to: County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Carlo II Tocco → countryOfCitizenship → County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ