lords of Ainos

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The lords of Ainos were the Gattilusio family’s feudal rulers of the important medieval port city of Ainos (modern Enez) on the northern Aegean coast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal lordship
hereditary title
associatedWith Byzantine Empire
Genoese maritime interests
belongsToDynasticNetwork Gattilusio lordships in the northeastern Aegean
centeredOn medieval port city of Ainos
controls port of Ainos
surrounding hinterland of Ainos
endedBy Ottoman conquest of Ainos
ethnicallyLinkedTo Genoese nobility
governedFrom fortified town of Ainos
hasAlternativeName Lords of Enez
hasCapital Ainos
hasCoastlineOn Aegean Sea
hasEconomicRole control of Aegean maritime trade routes
control of grain exports from Thrace
hasModernCountry Turkey
hasModernLocationName Enez
hasPoliticalStatus feudal fief
semi-autonomous lordship
hasRulingFamily Gattilusio family
hasStrategicImportance control of entrance to Hebros (Maritsa) River
control of northern Aegean seaways
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
historicalRegion Byzantine Thrace
linked to: Thrace
languageOfAdministration Greek
Italian
locatedIn Aegean Sea region
Ainos
Enez
Thrace
modern Turkey
locatedOn northern Aegean coast
partOf Gattilusio domains
linked to: Gattilusio

Gattilusio lordships in the Aegean
relatedTitle Lords of Lesbos
linked to: Lord of Lesbos

Lords of Samothrace
linked to: lords of Samothrace

Lords of Thasos
linked to: lords of Thasos
religionOfPopulation Eastern Orthodoxy
religionOfRulers Roman Catholicism
ruledBy Gattilusio family
successorState Ottoman Empire

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Gattilusio politicalRole lords of Ainos