Palatine County of Kefalonia and Zakynthos
The Palatine County of Kefalonia (full name: Palatinate County of Kefalonia, Ithaka and Zakynthos) was a state that was under the influence of the Kingdom of Naples and later the Republic of Venice . It existed from 1185 to 1479 and after a brief Ottoman occupation again from 1500 as a Venetian colony . The curious history of the county, created by adventurers, was hardly explored for a long time.
history
The state came in 1185, when Wilhelm II. Of Sicily the Norman pirates and Sicilian Admiral Margaritus of Brindisi with the Ionian islands belehnte that these previously the Byzantine Empire had robbed. Ten years later his son-in-law Maio I. Orsini , half crusader, half pirate from Monopoli , Apulia , took control.
Initially, the county comprised the Ionian islands of Kefalonia (Cefalonia) , Zakynthos (Zante) , Ithaka and Leukas (Leukadia) , Zakynthos was later split off as Apanage . The island of Leukas was raised to an independent duchy towards the end of the 14th century, the rulers of Kefalonia therefore also carried the title "Duke of Leukadia".
In 1207 the diocese of Kefalonia was founded in the county .
Leonardo III Tocco was expelled from the Ottomans in 1479 along with his brothers Antonio and Giovanni Tocco. They chose the Kingdom of Naples as their exile . Antonio Tocco was able to recapture the Ionian Islands with the help of Catalan mercenaries in 1481 , but was killed in the battle against the Ottomans and Venetians in 1483. The Palatinate finally fell to Venice in 1500 and remained a part of it until the end of the Venetian Republic (1797).
Count Palatine
- 1185–1195 Margaritos of Brindisi , Count of Malta
- 1195-1238 Maio I. Orsini
- 1238-1259 Maio II. Orsini
- 1259-1304 Ricardo I. Orsini
- 1304-1317 Giovanni I. Orsini
- 1317-1323 Nikola Orsini , Despot of Epirus
- 1323–1325 Giovanni II Orsini , Despot of Epirus
- 1325–1335 Johann von Gravina , Prince of Achaia and Duke of Durazzo
- 1336–1357 Robert of Taranto , Prince of Taranto , Albania and Achaia and Titular Emperor of Constantinople
- 1357–1381 Leonardo I Tocco , son of Wilhelm (Guglielmo) II Tocco , the governor of Corfu
- 1381–1429 Carlo I. Tocco , despot of Arta , son of Leonardo
- Leonardo II Tocco , brother and co-ruler; ruled over Zakynthos (1399-1418)
- 1429–1448 Carlo II. Tocco , despot of Arta, son of Leonardo II.
- 1448-1479 Leonardo III. Tocco († 1494/95 in Naples), last despot of Arta, son of Carlos II.
- 1480 Antonio Tocco , brother of Leonardo III.
literature
- William Miller : Essays on the Latin Orient . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1921 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ William Miller: The Latins in the Levant : A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566). John Murray, London 1908, p. 332
- ^ A b William Miller : Essays on the Latin Orient. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1921, p. 69.
- ^ William Miller: Essays on the Latin Orient. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1921, p. 261.
- ^ William Miller: Essays on the Latin Orient. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1921, p. 203.
- ↑ a b Di Tocco. Genetic enostrum, accessed May 19, 2020 (Italian).