WebThe Islands were referred to, both individually and collectively, by various names. After Venice captured Cephalonia on 24 December 1500, the administration of the defense of all the islands was delegated to an official seated in Corfu. This official was being referred to as "the General Provveditore of the Three Islands" (Provveditore Generale delle Tre Isole) …

WebA palatine or palatinus (in Latin; plural palatini; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times. The term palatinus was first used in Ancient Rome for chamberlains of the Emperor due to their association with the Palatine Hill. The imperial palace guard, after the rise of Constantine I, were also …

WebZakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; Greek: Ζάκυνθος, romanized: Zákynthos [ˈzacinθos] (); Italian: Zacinto [dzaˈtʃinto]) or Zante (/ ˈ z æ n t i /, US also / ˈ z ɑː n t eɪ /, Italian: ; Greek: Τζάντε, romanized: Tzánte; from the Venetian form) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands.Zakynthos is a separate regional unit of the ...

WebThe County of Edessa (Latin: Comitatus Edessanus) was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century. Its seat was the city of Edessa (present-day Şanlıurfa, Turkey).. In the late Byzantine period, Edessa became the centre of intellectual life within the Syriac Orthodox Church.As such it also became the centre for the translation of Ancient Greek philosophy …

WebThe siege of Rhodes of 1522 was the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold and thereby secure Ottoman control of the Eastern Mediterranean.The first siege in 1480 had been unsuccessful. Despite very strong defenses, the walls were demolished over the course …

WebThe County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos (1185–1479). It encompassed the Ionian Islands of Cephalonia , Zakynthos , Ithaca , and, from around 1300, also Lefkas (Santa Maura). Created as a vassal to the Kingdom of Sicily , it was ruled by the Orsini family from 1195 to 1335, and after a short interlude of Anjou rule the county passed to ...

WebThe Ionian Islands Region (Greek: Περιφέρεια Ιονίων Νήσων, romanized: Periféria Ioníon Níson, [periˈferia ioˈnion ˈnison]) is the smallest by area of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece located in the Ionian Sea.It comprises all the Ionian Islands except Kythera, which, although historically part of the island group, was separated and integrated to the ...

WebThe Septinsular Republic (Greek: Ἑπτάνησος Πολιτεία, romanized: Heptanēsos Politeia; Italian: Repubblica Settinsulare) was an oligarchic republic that existed from 1800 to 1807 under nominal Russian and Ottoman sovereignty in the Ionian Islands (Corfu, Paxoi, Lefkada, Cephalonia, Ithaca, Zakynthos (Zante in English), and Kythira).. The Republic …

Web凯法利尼亚与扎金索斯行宫伯国 （ 英语 ： County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos ） 希俄斯领主国 （ 英语 ： Lordship of Chios ） 希俄斯与福西亚的毛纳 （ 英语 ： Maona of Chios and Phocaea ） 加泰罗尼亚佣兵团 （ 英语 ： Catalan Company ） 纳瓦拉佣兵团 （ 英语 ： Navarrese ...

WebThe Republic of Venice (Venetian: Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic (Venetian: Repùblega Vèneta), traditionally known as La Serenissima (English: Most Serene Republic of Venice; Venetian: Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia), was a sovereign state and maritime republic in parts of present-day Italy (mainly northeastern Italy) that existed for …