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1259 CE: Battle of Pelagonia: Manfred of Sicily and William II of Villehardouin are defeated by the Empire of Nicaea. William is forced to cede the castles of Mystras, Maina, and Monemvasia.
1262 CE: Mystras is retaken by the Byzantines.
1289 CE: The Byzantines move the provincial capital of the Morea from Monemvasia to Mystras.
1349 CE - 1380 CE: Manuel Kantakouzenos is the first despot of the Morea.
1361 CE: Matthew Kantakouzenos moves to Mystras.
1380 CE - 1383 CE: Matthew Kantakouzenos rules as despot of the Morea.
1383 CE - 1384 CE: Rebellion of Demetrios Kantakouzenos against the Palaiologos Dynasty in the Morea.
1383 CE - 1407 CE: Theodore I Palaiologos reigns as despot of the Morea.
1388 CE - 1394 CE: The Despotate of the Morea takes Argos from the Venetians but ultimately has to return it.
1395 CE: Carlo I Tocco cedes Cornith to the Byzantines.
1396 CE: First Ottoman raid of the Morea.
1400 CE - 1404 CE: Corinth is given by the Byzantines to the Knights Hospitaller, but the city is ultimately returned to the Byzantines.
1407 CE - 1443 CE: Rule of Theodore II Palaiologos, despot of the Morea.
1408 CE: Visit of Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor, to Mystras.
1415 CE: Visit of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos to Mystras.
1415 CE: Rebuilding of the Hexamilion Wall along the Isthmus of Corinth by the Byzantines.
1423 CE: Ottoman raid into the Morea.
1426 CE: The Byzantines decisively defeat Carlo I Tocco off the coast from Clarentza.
1429 CE: Constantine Palaiologos takes the city of Patras.
1431 CE: Ottoman raid into the Morea.
1432 CE: The Principality of Achaea is completely subsumed by the Byzantines.
1443 CE - 1449 CE: Constantine Palaiologos rules as despot of the Morea.
1444 CE: The Byzantines briefly capture Athens and Thebes.
1446 CE: The Ottomans breach the Hexamilion Wall and raid deep into the Morea.
1449 CE: Constantine XI Palaiologos is crowned as the last Byzantine emperor in Mystras.
1458 CE: The despots of the Morea are forced to cede one-third of their territory to the Ottomans.
1460 CE - 1461 CE: The Ottomans conquer the Despotate of the Morea.