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239: 50: 334:, which ranked as a distinct ecclesiastic vassal fief with eight knightly fiefs to its name. Relations between the Archbishop and the secular barons, and indeed with the Prince himself, were initially strained. This was due to quarrels between the Archbishop and the Prince over the Latin clergy's allegiance and obligations to the Principality, and resulted in such incidents as the baron's forcible eviction of the Archbishop from his residence and the cathedral of St. Theodore, which were incorporated into the 371:
lists a completely different, but unverifiable series of barons, beginning with Walter Aleman, who was succeeded by his son Conrad and he in turn by William (II), who then sold the rights to the barony to the Archbishop of Patras ca. 1276. Historians have generally followed this account in dating the
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a year. This move was opposed by the Pope, however, and in 1413 Venice returned the administration to the Archbishopric; another attempt in 1418 again faltered at the opposition of the Holy See. Finally, in 1429/30, the city and the citadel were surrendered to the
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For the remainder of the century, the Archbishops of Patras played an active role in the intrigues and feuds of the Principality, and in turn the contending families often tried to place one of their own scions on the archiepiscopal throne. However, the increasing
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led the Archbishops to turn increasingly to Venice for protection; after several entreaties to secure its protection, in 1408 the Republic took over the administration of the barony, although it remained Church territory, in exchange for a rent of 1,000
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cession of the barony to the Archbishopric to about or shortly after the middle of the century, but the transfer may have taken place, or at least begun, as early as the 1220s, for the first archbishop,
383:(1317–1337) in particular, Patras enjoyed close relations with Venice and acted practically independent from the Prince. As a result, when Frangipani died in 1337, the 294:
independent of the Principality, although the archbishops still recognized its suzerainty for their secular fiefs. The archbishops maintained close relations with the
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The Archbishop now found himself, with thirty-two fiefs, as the strongest vassal of the Principality, and became a major factor in its affairs. Under
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La Morée franque. Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d'Achaïe
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The Frankish Morea. Historical, Topographic and Archaeological Studies on the Principality of Achaea
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reacted by declaring the city "land of the Holy Roman Church" and placed the Principality under the
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Diplomatics in the Eastern Mediterranean 1000–1500: Aspects of Cross-Cultural Communication
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at about the middle of the 13th century. From 1337 on, Patras was an ecclesiastical domain
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Map of the Peloponnese with its principal locations during the late Middle Ages
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A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
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The Barony of Patras was established ca. 1209, after the conquest of the
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According to the French, Greek and Italian versions of the
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threat on the Greek mainland and the depredations of the
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Baron of Patras
Principality of Achaea

Patras
38°15′N 21°44′E / 38.250°N 21.733°E / 38.250; 21.733
Feudal lordship
Middle Ages
Venetian
Byzantine
Despotate of the Morea
Frankish
fiefdom
Principality of Achaea
Peloponnese
Greece
Patras
Principality of Achaea
Latin Archbishop of Patras
Republic of Venice
Byzantine
Peloponnese
Crusaders
baronies
Principality of Achaea
Akova
Latin Archbishopric
Patras Castle
Chronicle of the Morea
Provence
William Aleman

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