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Barony of Vostitsa

1209 CE – 1404 CE (approx.) · capital Vostitsa

Barony of the Principality of Achaea on the Gulf of Corinth, centred on Vostitsa, the modern Aigio.

Origins

After the Frankish conquest of the Peloponnese, the Principality of Achaea was divided into twelve baronies around 1209. Vostitsa, with a modest number of knight's fiefs, was granted to the Charpigny family from Burgundy, who held it through the 13th century.

Rule and society

The barons held the castle and town on the south shore of the Gulf of Corinth, owed military service to the prince and sat in his high court, while Greek villagers farmed the land under them. Little detail of daily government survives beyond mentions in the Chronicle of the Morea and Angevin records.

Decline and legacy

In the 14th century the barony passed by inheritance and sale among several lords and was caught up in the struggles of the Navarrese Company. It came to an end in the early 15th century, as the principality crumbled.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Barony of Vostitsa. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/barony-of-vostitsa
MLA
“Barony of Vostitsa.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/barony-of-vostitsa. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Barony of Vostitsa.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/barony-of-vostitsa.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Barony of Vostitsa’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/barony-of-vostitsa (Accessed: ).

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