Barony of Arcadia | |||||||||
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Barony of the Principality of Achaea | |||||||||
c. 1261–1432 | |||||||||
Map of the Peloponnese with its principal locations during the late Middle Ages | |||||||||
Capital | Arcadia (Kyparissia) | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Coordinates | 37°14′N 21°40′E / 37.233°N 21.667°E | ||||||||
• Type | Feudal lordship | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | c. 1261 | ||||||||
• Byzantine reconquest | 1432 | ||||||||
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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]