County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos

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The County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos was a medieval Latin-ruled lordship in the Ionian Islands, established after the Fourth Crusade and held by Western European noble families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin lordship
crusader state
medieval county
associatedWith Frankokratia in Greece
linked to: Frankish Greece

Kingdom of Sicily–Naples
linked to: Kingdom of Naples
capital Cephalonia
linked to: Kefalonia
continent Europe
country Kingdom of Sicily
currency Byzantine coinage
dissolutionReason Ottoman–Venetian conflict
endTime 1479
era Middle Ages
establishedAfter Fourth Crusade
ethnicComposition Greek population
event Venetian occupation of islands
conquest by the Ottomans in 1479
foundedBy Margaritus of Brindisi
governmentForm feudal monarchy
historicalRegion Ionian Sea
language Greek
Italian
Latin
lastRulingFamily Tocco family
legalStatus hereditary fief
locatedIn Cephalonia
linked to: Kefalonia

Ionian Islands
Zakynthos
western Greece
linked to: Western Greece
nobleFamily Orsini family
linked to: Orsini

Tocco family
overlord Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Republic of Venice
partOf Latin states in Greece
linked to: Latin Greece
politicalStatus palatine county
vassal state
predecessor Byzantine Empire
recognizedBy Latin Church
Western European powers
linked to: European states
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism
rulingEliteOrigin Western European nobility
startTime 1185
strategicImportance control of Ionian Sea routes
successor Ottoman Empire
Republic of Venice
titleHeldByRuler Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos

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Frankish Greece hasPart County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Tocco governedTerritory County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Tocco associatedWithPoliticalEntity County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Tocco family ruled County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
linked to: County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Tocco family coatOfArmsUsedIn County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
linked to: County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Latin Greece hasPart County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Tocco of Kefalonia ruled County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
linked to: County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Carlo II Tocco countryOfCitizenship County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos