Tocco of Epirus

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Tocco of Epirus was a late medieval noble dynasty that ruled parts of Epirus and the Ionian Islands, notably holding the Despotate of Epirus in the 15th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tocco of Epirus canonical 1
Tocco rule in Epirus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf late medieval dynasty ⓘ
noble dynasty ⓘ
alliedWith Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
Western European powers ⓘ
coatOfArms arms of the Tocco family ⓘ
conflictWith Albanian clans in Epirus ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
country Despotate of Epirus ⓘ
culturalSphere Byzantine world ⓘ
Latin Christendom ⓘ
dynastyFoundedBy Leonardo I Tocco ⓘ
expandedPowerUnder Carlo I Tocco ⓘ
familyName Tocco ⓘ
governanceForm feudal lordship ⓘ
heldTitle Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ⓘ
Despot of Epirus ⓘ
Lord of Leukas ⓘ
historicalEra late Byzantine period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
languageUsed Greek ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo Ottoman Empire ⓘ
mainPowerBase Ionian Islands ⓘ
notableMember Carlo I Tocco ⓘ
Carlo II Tocco ⓘ
Leonardo II Tocco ⓘ
notableTitleHeld Despot of Epirus ⓘ
origin Italian nobility ⓘ
politicalStatus vassal of the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
vassal of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
precededBy Orsini of Epirus ⓘ
linked to: Giordano Orsini
regionRuled Epirus ⓘ
Ionian Islands ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledCities Arta ⓘ
Ioannina ⓘ
ruledFrom Arta ⓘ
Cephalonia ⓘ
linked to: Kefalonia

Leukas ⓘ
Zakynthos ⓘ
ruledIslands Cephalonia ⓘ
linked to: Kefalonia

Leukas ⓘ
Zakynthos ⓘ
succeededBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 15th century ⓘ
usedTitleStyle Comes palatinus ⓘ
Despotēs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Tocco → notableBranch → Tocco of Epirus ⓘ
Despotate of Arta → successor → Tocco rule in Epirus ⓘ
linked to: Tocco of Epirus