Battle of Saint George, the Glossary
The Battle of Saint George took place on 9 September 1320 between the Latin Principality of Achaea and the forces of the Byzantine governor of Mystras, at the fortress of Saint George in Skorta in Arcadia.[1]
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50 relations: Achaea, Akova Castle, Andronikos Asen, Andronikos II Palaiologos, Aragonese language, Arcadia (region), Arcadia (regional unit), Argolis, Bailli of the Principality of Achaea, Bartholomew II Ghisi, Battle of Manolada, Byzantine Empire, Capetian House of Anjou, Catholic Church, Cephalonia, Chronicle of the Morea, Constable, Constantinople, Corinthia, Doge of Venice, Duchy of the Archipelago, Elis, Ferdinand of Majorca, Franciscans, Frankokratia, Frederick Trogisio, Galley, Greece, Greek Orthodox Church, Isabella of Sabran, John, Duke of Durazzo, Karytaina, Kingdom of Naples, Knights Hospitaller, List of Byzantine emperors, Louis of Burgundy, Matilda of Hainaut, Messenia, Morea, Mystras, Nicholas I Sanudo, Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Peloponnese, Polyphengos, Principality of Achaea, Regional units of Greece, Republic of Venice, Skorta, Teutonic Order, Triarchy of Negroponte.
- 1320 in Europe
- 1320s in the Byzantine Empire
- 14th century in Greece
- Battles involving the Knights Hospitaller
- Battles involving the Principality of Achaea
- Battles involving the Teutonic Order
- Conflicts in 1320
- Medieval Arcadia
Achaea
Achaea or Achaia, sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (Αχαΐα, Akhaïa), is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Akova Castle
The Akova Castle (Κάστρο της Άκοβας) is a medieval fortification in Gortynia, Arcadia, Greece.
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Andronikos Asen
Andronikos Asen (Ανδρόνικος Ασάν; died) was the ''epitropos'' ("steward, overseer") of the Byzantine province of the Morea between 1316 and 1322.
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Andronikos II Palaiologos
Andronikos II Palaiologos (Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiologos; 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.
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Aragonese language
Aragonese (in Aragonese) is a Romance language spoken in several dialects by about 12,000 people as of 2011, in the Pyrenees valleys of Aragon, Spain, primarily in the comarcas of Somontano de Barbastro, Jacetania, Alto Gállego, Sobrarbe, and Ribagorza/Ribagorça.
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Arcadia (region)
Arcadia (Arkadía) is a region in the central Peloponnese.
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Arcadia (regional unit)
Arcadia (Arkadía) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Argolis
Argolis or Argolida (Αργολίδα,; Ἀργολίς, in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Bailli of the Principality of Achaea
The bailli, bailie, or bailiff was the administrative representative of the Princes of Achaea, ruling the Principality of Achaea in the Prince's absence.
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Bartholomew II Ghisi
Bartholomew II Ghisi (Bartolommeo Ghisi; died 1341) was a Latin feudal lord in medieval Greece, lord of Tinos and Mykonos, Triarch of Negroponte and Grand Constable of the Principality of Achaea.
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Battle of Manolada
The Battle of Manolada was fought on July 5, 1316, at Manolada, on the plains of Elis in the Peloponnese. Battle of Saint George and Battle of Manolada are 14th century in Greece, Battles involving the Byzantine Empire and Battles involving the Principality of Achaea.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Capetian House of Anjou
The Capetian House of Anjou, or House of Anjou-Sicily, or House of Anjou-Naples was a royal house and cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cephalonia
Kefalonia or Cephalonia (Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (Κεφαλληνία), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios.
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Chronicle of the Morea
The Chronicle of the Morea (Τὸ χρονικὸν τοῦ Μορέως) is a long 14th-century history text, of which four versions are extant: in French, Greek (in verse), Italian and Aragonese.
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Constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement.
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Constantinople
Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.
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Corinthia
Corinthia (Korinthía) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Doge of Venice
The Doge of Venice was the highest role of authority within the Republic of Venice (697 CE to 1797 CE).
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Duchy of the Archipelago
The Duchy of the Archipelago (Δουκάτο τουΑρχιπελάγους, Ducato dell'arcipelago), also known as Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean, was a maritime state created by Venetian interests in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, centered on the islands of Naxos and Paros.
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Elis
Elis or Ilia (Ηλεία, Ileia) is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece.
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Ferdinand of Majorca
Ferdinand of Majorca (Ferran de Mallorca; 1278 – 5 July 1316) was an infante of the Kingdom of Majorca; he was born at Perpignan, the third son of King James II.
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Franciscans
The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.
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Frankokratia
The Frankokratia (Φραγκοκρατία, Francocratia, sometimes anglicized as Francocracy), also known as Latinokratia (Λατινοκρατία, Latinocratia, "rule of the Latins", Latin occupation) and, for the Venetian domains, Venetokratia or Enetokratia (Βενετοκρατία or Ενετοκρατία, Venetocratia, "rule of the Venetians"), was the period in Greek history after the Fourth Crusade (1204), when a number of primarily French and Italian states were established by the Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae on the territory of the dismantled Byzantine Empire.
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Frederick Trogisio
Frederick Trogisio was a councillor of King Robert of Naples, who served as bailli of the Principality of Achaea from July 1318 until 1321.
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Galley
A galley was a type of ship which relied mostly on oars for propulsion that was used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
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Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Isabella of Sabran
Isabel of Sabran (1297 – 7 May 1315) was a princess of Majorca.
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John, Duke of Durazzo
John of Gravina (1294 – 5 April 1336), also known as John of Anjou, was Count of Gravina 1315–1336, Prince of Achaea 1318–1332, Duke of Durazzo 1332–1336 and ruler of the Kingdom of Albania (although he never used a royal title).
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Karytaina
Karytaina or Karitaina (Καρύταινα or Καρίταινα) is a village and a community in Arcadia, Greece.
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Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples (Regnum Neapolitanum; Regno di Napoli; Regno 'e Napule), was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816.
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Knights Hospitaller
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, is a Catholic military order.
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List of Byzantine emperors
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD.
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Louis of Burgundy
Louis of Burgundy (1297 – 2 August 1316) was a member of the Capetian House of Burgundy who ruled the Principality of Achaea and claimed the defunct Kingdom of Thessalonica.
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Matilda of Hainaut
Matilda of Hainaut (French: Mathilde de Hainaut; November 1293 – 1331), also known as Maud and Mahaut, was Princess of Achaea from 1316 to 1321.
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Messenia
Messenia or Messinia (Μεσσηνία) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece.
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Morea
Morea (Μορέας or Μωριάς) was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period.
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Mystras
Mystras or Mistras (Μυστρᾶς/Μιστρᾶς), also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzethras or Myzithras (Μυζηθρᾶς), is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece.
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Nicholas I Sanudo
Nicholas I Sanudo (or Niccolò; died 1341) was the fifth Duke of the Archipelago from 1323 to his death.
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Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy
Odo IV or Eudes IV (1295 – 3 April 1349) was Duke of Burgundy from 1315 until his death and Count of Burgundy and Artois between 1330 and 1347, as well as titular King of Thessalonica from 1316 to 1320.
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Peloponnese
The Peloponnese, Peloponnesus (Pelopónnēsos) or Morea (Mōrèas; Mōriàs) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans.
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Polyphengos
Saint George of Polyphengos (Sancto Georgio de Polifengno in a 1377 document) or simply Polyphengos (Πολύφεγγος; Polifant in the French Chronicle of the Morea) was a fortress and settlement of the Frankish Principality of Achaea in the Peloponnese.
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Principality of Achaea
The Principality of Achaea or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
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Regional units of Greece
The 74 regional units of Greece (περιφερειακές ενότητες,; singular) are the country's third-level administrative units (counting decentralized administrations as first-level).
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Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.
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Skorta
Skorta (τὰ Σκορτὰ, Escorta) was a name used in the 13th and 14th centuries, during the period of Frankish rule in the Peloponnese, to designate the mountainous western half of the region of Arcadia, which separated the coastal plains of the western (Elisian) and southwestern (Messinian) Peloponnese from the Arcadian plateau in the interior. Battle of Saint George and Skorta are medieval Arcadia.
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Teutonic Order
The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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Triarchy of Negroponte
The Triarchy of Negroponte was a crusader state established on the island of Euboea (Negroponte) after the partition of the Byzantine Empire following the Fourth Crusade.
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See also
1320 in Europe
- 1320 in England
- 1320 in Ireland
- 1320 in Scotland
- Battle of Medininkai
- Battle of Rhodes (1320)
- Battle of Saint George
- List of peers 1320–1329
- Shepherds' Crusade (1320)
1320s in the Byzantine Empire
- Battle of Pelekanon
- Battle of Saint George
- Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328
- Siege of Bursa
- Siege of Nicaea (1328–1331)
- Treaty of Chernomen
14th century in Greece
- Albanian-Epirote War (1367–70)
- Albanian-Epirote War (1374–1375)
- Albanian-Epirote War (1381–84)
- Albanian-Epirote War of 1385
- Battle of Achelous (1359)
- Battle of Amorgos (1312)
- Battle of Chios (1319)
- Battle of Gardiki
- Battle of Halmyros
- Battle of Manolada
- Battle of Megara (1359)
- Battle of Pallene
- Battle of Picotin
- Battle of Rhodes (1320)
- Battle of Saint George
- Battle of Stephaniana
- Catalan Company
- Despotate of the Morea
- Gattilusio
- Navarrese Company
- Serbian Empire
- Siege of Negroponte (1351)
- Venetian–Genoese wars
Battles involving the Knights Hospitaller
- Battle of Amorgos (1312)
- Battle of Arsuf
- Battle of Cresson
- Battle of Forbie
- Battle of Hammamet
- Battle of Hattin
- Battle of Kosovo
- Battle of Nicopolis
- Battle of Saint George
- Battle of Verbia
- Crusader invasions of Egypt
- French invasion of Malta
- Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes
- Invasion of Gozo (1551)
- Raid on Żejtun
- Siege of Safed (1188)
Battles involving the Principality of Achaea
- Battle of Gardiki
- Battle of Makryplagi
- Battle of Manolada
- Battle of Megara (1359)
- Battle of Pelagonia
- Battle of Picotin
- Battle of Prinitza
- Battle of Saint George
- Battle of Tagliacozzo
- Battle of the Olive Grove of Kountouras
- Genoese occupation of Rhodes
Battles involving the Teutonic Order
- Battle of Durbe
- Battle of Forbie
- Battle of Krücken
- Battle of Lubawa
- Battle of Medininkai
- Battle of Pagastin
- Battle of Pokarwis
- Battle of Pyzdry (1331)
- Battle of Płowce
- Battle of Reisen
- Battle of Rudau
- Battle of Saint George
- Battle of Strėva
- Battle of the Siritsa River
- Battle on the Ice
- Milan uprising (1311)
- Pilėnai
- Siege of Bartenstein
Conflicts in 1320
- Battle of Lahrawat
- Battle of Medininkai
- Battle of Rhodes (1320)
- Battle of Saint George
- Battle of Saraswati
- Shepherds' Crusade (1320)
Medieval Arcadia
- Araklovon Castle
- Barony of Akova
- Barony of Karytaina
- Barony of Nikli
- Barony of Veligosti
- Battle of Gardiki
- Battle of Saint George
- Gardiki Castle, Arcadia
- Geoffrey II of Briel
- Geoffrey of Briel
- Hugh of Briel
- Manuel Bochalis
- Mouchli
- Renaud of Briel
- Skorta
- Walter of Rosières