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Lordship of Tinos and Mykonos
Origins
The brothers Andrea and Geremia Ghisi, Venetian nobles, conquered Tinos and Mykonos around 1207 in the wave of private Venetian ventures that followed the Fourth Crusade. They also acquired other small islands, including parts of the Northern Sporades, and recognised the suzerainty of the Latin Empire and Venice.
Rule and society
The Ghisi held the islands as a hereditary family domain, ruling from the hilltop castle of Exobourgo on Tinos over Greek farmers and fishermen, and were drawn into the feudal politics of the Triarchy of Negroponte and the Principality of Achaea. Byzantine raids under Licario in the 1270s cost them some islands.
Decline and legacy
Turkish raids grew in the 14th century. Giorgio III Ghisi, the last of the line, died in 1390 and left his islands to Venice, which ruled Tinos until 1715 as Venetian Tinos.
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- Lordship of Tinos and Mykonos was a vassal of Duchy of the Archipelago1207 CE – 1390 CE
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