Barony of Geraki

Barony of Geraki
Barony of the Principality of Achaea
1209–1260s
Map of the Peloponnese with its principal locations during the late Middle Ages
Capital	Geraki
Area
• Coordinates	36°59′N 22°42′E / 36.983°N 22.700°E / 36.983; 22.700
• Type	Feudal lordship
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	1209
• Byzantine reconquest	6 October 1260
Succeeded by Despotate of the Morea

The Barony of Geraki was a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea, located on the western slopes of Mount Parnon in Laconia, of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, and centred on the castle of Geraki (Greek: Γεράκι, Ἰεράκιον; French: Le Gi[e]rachy; Italian: Zirachi, Zerachi).^[1] After the fall of Geraki to the Byzantines, the ruling family, the Nivelets, retained their baronial title and were compensated with new lands in Messenia, as the Barony of Nivelet.