Despotate of the Morea Timeline

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1259 CE

Battle of Pelagonia: Manfred of Sicily and William II of Villehardouin are defeated by the Empire of Nicaea. William is forced to cede the castles of Mystras, Maina, and Monemvasia.
1262 CE

Mystras is retaken by the Byzantines.
c. 1289 CE

The Byzantines move the provincial capital of the Morea from Monemvasia to Mystras.
1349 CE - 1380 CE

Manuel Kantakouzenos is the first despot of the Morea.
1361 CE

Matthew Kantakouzenos moves to Mystras.
1380 CE - 1383 CE

Matthew Kantakouzenos rules as despot of the Morea.
1383 CE - c. 1384 CE

Rebellion of Demetrios Kantakouzenos against the Palaiologos Dynasty in the Morea.
1383 CE - 1407 CE

Theodore I Palaiologos reigns as despot of the Morea.
1388 CE - 1394 CE

The Despotate of the Morea takes Argos from the Venetians but ultimately has to return it.
1395 CE

Carlo I Tocco cedes Cornith to the Byzantines.
1396 CE

First Ottoman raid of the Morea.
1400 CE - 1404 CE

Corinth is given by the Byzantines to the Knights Hospitaller, but the city is ultimately returned to the Byzantines.
1407 CE - 1443 CE

Rule of Theodore II Palaiologos, despot of the Morea.
1408 CE

Visit of Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor, to Mystras.
1415 CE

Visit of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos to Mystras.
1415 CE

Rebuilding of the Hexamilion Wall along the Isthmus of Corinth by the Byzantines.
1423 CE

Ottoman raid into the Morea.
1426 CE

The Byzantines decisively defeat Carlo I Tocco off the coast from Clarentza.
1429 CE

Constantine Palaiologos takes the city of Patras.
1431 CE

Ottoman raid into the Morea.
1432 CE

The Principality of Achaea is completely subsumed by the Byzantines.
1443 CE - 1449 CE

Constantine Palaiologos rules as despot of the Morea.
1444 CE

The Byzantines briefly capture Athens and Thebes.
1446 CE

The Ottomans breach the Hexamilion Wall and raid deep into the Morea.
1449 CE

Constantine XI Palaiologos is crowned as the last Byzantine emperor in Mystras.
1458 CE

The despots of the Morea are forced to cede one-third of their territory to the Ottomans.
1460 CE - 1461 CE

The Ottomans conquer the Despotate of the Morea.