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Theodore I Palaiologos

c. 1355–1407 · 14th century

Theodore I Palaiologos was the Byzantine Despot of the Morea from 1383 to 1407, a son of Emperor John V. He strengthened Byzantine rule in the Peloponnese, settled Albanian colonists there and fought the Ottomans, the Navarrese and Venice. In 1388 he seized Argos, which Venice had just bought from Marie of Enghien, but he was forced to hand it over to Venice in 1394.

Theodore I Palaiologos
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

March of MontferratLordship of Argos and Nauplia

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