Principality of Achaea

Principality of Achaea
Principality of Achaea
1205–1432
	Coat of arms of the Villehardouin Princes of Achaea (first ruling dynasty) Coat of arms of the Zaccaria family; (last ruling dynasty)
	The Latin Empire with its vassals and the Greek successor states after the partition of the Byzantine Empire, c. 1204. The borders are very uncertain.
Status	Client state*
Capital	Andravida (1205-1249) ; Mystras (1249-1261) ; Aetos (1453-1455)
Common languages	French officially, ; Greek popularly
Religion	Roman Catholic,; Greek Orthodox popularly
Government	Feudal monarchy
Prince of Achaea
• 1205–1209	William I
• 1404–1432	Centurione
• 1453-1455	John Asen Zaccaria
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Fourth Crusade	1204
• Battle of the Olive Grove of Kountouras	1205
• Battle of Pelagonia	1259
• Angevin takeover	1278
• Exile of the last Zaccaria Prince	1455
• Absorbed in Despotate of the Morea	1432
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Byzantine Empire under the Angelos dynasty
Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty
Today part of	Greece Peloponnese;
	* The principality was a client state of, in order, the Kingdom of Thessalonica, then the Latin Emperors at Constantinople, the Angevins of the Kingdom of Naples, until the purchase of 1404 by Centurione II Zaccaria.

The Principality of Achaea (/əˈkiːə/) or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.^[1] It became a vassal of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, along with the Duchy of Athens, until Thessalonica was captured by Theodore, the despot of Epirus, in 1224. After this, Achaea became for a while the dominant power in Greece.

^ Lock, Peter (2006). "Achaia". In Alan V. Murray (ed.). The Crusades: An Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. pp. 5–8. OCLC 70122512.