Duchy of Athens

Duchy of Athens
Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν (Greek)
Ducat d'Atenes (Catalan)
1205–1458
Arms of the Duchy under the de la Roche family of Athens
Arms of the Duchy under the de la Roche family
The Lordship of Athens and the other Greek and Latin states of southern Greece, c. 1210
The Lordship of Athens and the other Greek and Latin states of southern Greece, c. 1210
StatusVassal state[a] of various countries, de facto autonomous
CapitalAthens, Thebes
Common languagesFrench (until 1311)
Catalan (1311–88)
Greek (popularly and officially after 1388)
Religion
Catholic Church (state religion)
Greek Orthodoxy (popularly)
GovernmentFeudal monarchy
Duke of Athens 
Historical eraMiddle Ages
1204
• Duchy established
1205
1311
• Acciaioli rule
1388
• Tributary to Morea
1444
• Ottoman conquest
1458
CurrencyDenier tournois
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Today part ofGreece

The Duchy of Athens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, Doukaton Athinon; Catalan: Ducat d'Atenes) was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade as part of the process known as Frankokratia, encompassing the regions of Attica and Boeotia, and surviving until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.
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