{"slug": "despotate-of-the-morea", "label": "Despotate of the Morea", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotate_of_the_Morea", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q604593", "qid": "Q604593", "description": "Province of the Byzantine Empire", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1375, 1461], "span_label": ["1375 CE", "1461 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}], "related": [{"slug": "thessaly", "label": "Thessaly", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "peloponnese", "label": "Peloponnese", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "principality-of-achaea", "label": "Principality of Achaea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thebes-greece", "label": "Thebes, Greece", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-athens", "label": "Duchy of Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "july", "label": "July", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "murad-ii", "label": "Murad II", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1375, "year_label": "1375 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Approximate date – Battle of Gardiki: The Principality of Achaea defeats the Despotate of the Morea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370334386#Date_unknown", "title": "1375", "revid": 1370334386, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1430, "year_label": "1430 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "With the surrender of Chalandritsa and the citadel of Patras to the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, the Principality of Achaea comes to an end.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561329#Date_unknown", "title": "1430", "revid": 1369561329, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1444, "year_label": "1444 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Constantine XI Palaiologos, as ruler of the Despotate of the Morea, invades the Duchy of Athens (at this time under Florentine control), and forces it to pay tribute and return Thebes to the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359067554#Date_unknown", "title": "1444", "revid": 1359067554, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – After hesitating for several weeks, Sultan Murad II, of the Ottoman Empire, destroys the Hexamilion wall, in an assault that includes cannons. Murad and the Ottoman governor of Thessaly, Turakhan Beg, ravage the Peloponnese Peninsula at will, with the Sultan devastating the northern shore, while Glarentza and Turakhan raid in the interior. The Despotate of the Morea is turned into an Ottoman vassal state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#October–December", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1452, "year_label": "1452 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Byzantine–Ottoman Wars: The Ottoman governor of Thessaly, Turakhan Beg, breaks through the Hexamilion wall for the fourth time, and ravages the Peloponnese Peninsula to prevent the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea from assisting Constantinople, during the final Ottoman siege of the imperial capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355060030#October–December", "title": "1452", "revid": 1355060030, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1461, "year_label": "1461 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July", "text": "July – The last remnant of the Byzantine Empire is lost to the Ottomans as General Graitzas Palaiologos honourably surrenders Salmeniko Castle, the last garrison of the Despotate of the Morea, to invading forces after a year-long siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256665#July–September", "title": "1461", "revid": 1365256665, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}