Battle of the Echinades (1427)
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The Battle of the Echinades was fought in 1427 among the Echinades islands off western Greece between the fleets of Carlo I Tocco and the Byzantine Empire. The battle was a decisive Byzantine victory, the last in the Empire's naval history,[1] and led to the consolidation of the Peloponnese under the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea.
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Battle of the Echinades | |||||||
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Part of the Byzantine-Latin Wars | |||||||
Map of the Peloponnese (Morea) in the late Middle Ages. The Echinades islands are in the upper left corner, between Ithaca and the Greek mainland. | |||||||
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Byzantine Empire | Carlo I Tocco | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Demetrios Laskaris Leontares | Torno | ||||||
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Unknown | Many dead, several ships and over 150 men captured |
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