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court since 1262, and on her return to the
Principality, she tried to claim her inheritance but was unable to do so, since by Achaean feudal law, any heir had to bring his claim within at least two years and two days from the death of the last holder, or the claim was forfeit. As Margaret had delayed
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to promote her claims, the parliament found in favour of the Prince, who nevertheless ceded a third of the barony (8 fiefs) to
Margaret and John, while the remainder, along with the fortress of Akova itself, became a fief of William's youngest daughter,
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had already confiscated the Barony of Akova (Passavant having been lost to the
Byzantines). Margaret's claims became the subject of a celebrated legal dispute, which was abjudicated in a parliament held at
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in July 1316. In the wake of
Margaret's death and the Majorcan invasion, the Barony of Akova was confiscated and added to the princely domain. Five years later, in 1320, Akova along with the castles of
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hypothesized that there were two barons, father and son, named Walter, but, as A. Bon points out, the existence of a now-forgotten baron before 1228/30 is equally possible. Walter's sole heir was
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and died in captivity in
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municipal unit). It was among the twelve original baronies of Achaea, but was conquered by the
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being a French term for the Greeks) built on the mountainous area known in the
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458:Louis of Burgundy
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132:Middle Ages
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270:Byzantines
168:reconquest
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367:Karl Hopf
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329:Mesarea
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