Tocco of Kefalonia

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Tocco of Kefalonia was a prominent late medieval noble family that ruled parts of western Greece, including the County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos and later the Despotate of Epirus.

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Tocco of Kefalonia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval dynasty
noble family
coatOfArms arms of the Tocco family
linked to: Tocco family
countryOfOrigin Italy
dynasticConnections Kingdom of Naples nobility
linked to: Neapolitan nobility
ethnicOrigin Italian
floruit late Middle Ages
governanceType feudal lordship
governmentForm hereditary monarchy
historicalEra post-Fourth Crusade period
historicalSignificance one of the last Latin dynasties in medieval Greece
knownFor expansion into mainland Epirus
rule over Ionian island lordships
language Greek
Italian
mainRivals Byzantine successor states
Ottoman Turks
linked to: Ottoman Turk

local Greek magnates
notableMember Carlo I Tocco
Carlo II Tocco
Leonardo I Tocco
Leonardo II Tocco
overthrownBy Ottoman Empire
parentHouse House of Tocco
linked to: Tocco family
politicalAlignment Latin states in Greece
politicalStatus Latin lordship in Greece
vassal of the Kingdom of Naples
powerPeak early 15th century
precededBy Orsini family in parts of Epirus
region Epirus
Ionian Islands
religion Roman Catholicism
ruled Cephalonia
linked to: Kefalonia

County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Despotate of Epirus
Leukas
Zakynthos
parts of western Greece
succeededBy Ottoman rule in Epirus
Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands
territorialBase Cephalonia
linked to: Kefalonia

Leukas
Zakynthos
titleHeld Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos
Despot of Epirus

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Tocco notableBranch Tocco of Kefalonia