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Triarchy of Negroponte Nigropont[citation needed] | |||||||||
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| 1204–1470 | |||||||||
 Negroponte and the other Greek and Latin states of southern Greece, ca. 1210 | |||||||||
| Status | Protectorate of the Republic of Venice (1209-1390) Colony of the Republic of Venice (1390-1470) | ||||||||
| Capital | Chalkis | ||||||||
| Common languages | Venetian officially, Greek popularly | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic officially, Greek Orthodox | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Principality established | 1204 | ||||||||
• Ottoman Conquest | 1470 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 3,660 km2 (1,410 sq mi) | ||||||||
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The Triarchy of Negroponte was a crusader state established on the island of Euboea (Venetian: Negroponte) after the partition of the Byzantine Empire following the Fourth Crusade. Partitioned into three baronies (terzieri, "thirds") (Chalkis, Karystos and Oreos) run by a few interrelated Lombard families, the island soon fell under the influence of the Republic of Venice. From circa 1390, the island became a regular Venetian colony as the Realm of Negroponte (Venetian: Reame di Negroponte o Signoria di Negroponte).