Barony of Arcadia

Barony of Arcadia
Barony of the Principality of Achaea
c. 1261–1432

Map of the Peloponnese with its principal locations during the late Middle Ages
CapitalArcadia (Kyparissia)
Area
 • Coordinates37°14′N 21°40′E / 37.233°N 21.667°E / 37.233; 21.667
 • TypeFeudal lordship
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
c. 1261
• Byzantine reconquest
1432
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Principality of Achaea
Despotate of the Morea

The Barony of Arcadia was a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea, located on the western coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, and centred on the town of Arcadia (Greek: Ὰρκαδία; French: l'Arcadie; Italian: Arc[h]adia), ancient and modern Kyparissia.[1]

  1. ^ Bon 1969, pp. 412–413.