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ARTICLES RELATED TO Duchy of the Archipelago - Background and foundation | | | |  Duchy of the Archipelago - Background and foundation: Encyclopedia II - Duchy of the Archipelago - Background and foundationThe Italian city states, especially Genoa, Pisa, and Venice, had been interested in the islands of the Aegean long before the Fourth Crusade. There were Italian trading colonies in Constantinople and Italian pirates frequently attacked settlements in the Aegean in the 12th century. After the collapse of the Byzantine Empire in 1204, in which the Venetians played a major role, Venetian interests in the Aegean could be more thoroughly realized.
The Duchy of the Archipelago was created in 1207 by Marco Sanudo, a participant in the Crusad ...
See also:Duchy of the Archipelago, Duchy of the Archipelago - Background and foundation, Duchy of the Archipelago - Administration and economics, Duchy of the Archipelago - Later history, Duchy of the Archipelago - Collapse and Ottoman conquest, Duchy of the Archipelago - Other Venetian territories in the Aegean, Duchy of the Archipelago - Dukes of the Archipelago, Duchy of the Archipelago - Sanudo dynasty, Duchy of the Archipelago - Crispo dynasty, Duchy of the Archipelago - Pretenders of the Duchy of the Archipelago Naxos Islands Read more here: » Duchy of the Archipelago: Encyclopedia II - Duchy of the Archipelago - Background and foundation |
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| | | | Duchy of the Archipelago - Background and foundation: Encyclopedia II - Duchy of the Archipelago - Collapse and Ottoman conquest Before the last Latin Christian duke, Jacopo IV Crispo, was deposed in 1566 by Sultan Selim II, he was already paying the Sultan tribute. The Sultan's appointed representative, the last Duke of Archipelago (1566-79) was a Portuguese Marrano, Joseph Nasi. The Sultan's policy was based on the expectation that a foreign Jew would not be able to win support from the Orthodox Naxiotes to establish an independent rule. Joseph Nasi was married to his cousin, Dona Reyna, an intrepid heiress whose family had fled Spain with their fortune at the Expul ...
See also:Duchy of the Archipelago, Duchy of the Archipelago - Background and foundation, Duchy of the Archipelago - Administration and economics, Duchy of the Archipelago - Later history, Duchy of the Archipelago - Collapse and Ottoman conquest, Duchy of the Archipelago - Other Venetian territories in the Aegean, Duchy of the Archipelago - Dukes of the Archipelago, Duchy of the Archipelago - Sanudo dynasty, Duchy of the Archipelago - Crispo dynasty, Duchy of the Archipelago - Pretenders of the Duchy of the Archipelago Naxos Islands Read more here: » Duchy of the Archipelago: Encyclopedia II - Duchy of the Archipelago - Collapse and Ottoman conquest |
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