Clarentza

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Clarentza was a medieval port city in the Peloponnese that served as the principal seat of power for the Villehardouin rulers of the Principality of Achaea.

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Label Occurrences
Clarentza canonical 3
Clarentia 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval port city
settlement
associatedWith Geoffrey I of Villehardouin
Geoffrey II of Villehardouin
William II of Villehardouin
connectedTo Mediterranean Sea
maritime trade routes of the eastern Mediterranean
declineCause political and military decline of the Principality of Achaea
flourishedInPeriod 13th century
14th century
governedBy Princes of Achaea
governedByDynasty House of Villehardouin
hasFunction administrative center
commercial center
port
historicalEra Middle Ages
knownFor role as chief seat of Frankish power in the Peloponnese
strategic coastal location in the western Peloponnese
languageUsed Greek (local population)
Medieval French (administration)
locatedIn Morea
Peloponnese
Principality of Achaea
locatedInPresentDay Greece
partOf Frankish Greece
partOfAfter late Byzantine Morea (after decline of Principality of Achaea)
politicalRole capital and main residence of the princes of Achaea for much of the 13th century
religionPresent Eastern Orthodoxy (Greek population)
Roman Catholicism (Frankish rulers)
servedAs principal seat of power of the Villehardouin rulers of the Principality of Achaea
usedBy Villehardouin dynasty

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Principality of Achaea capital Clarentza
Glarentza hasAlternativeName Clarentza
Glarentza hasAlternativeName Clarentia
linked to: Clarentza