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In early 1316 the
Princess appointed a commander, who led the Burgundians and the feudal levies of the Achaean barons loyal to her north. The loyalist army encamped at a village called Picotin, near Palaiopolis (ancient Elis), and on 22 February Ferdinand marched out from
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Picotin, an attempt by Renier of Patras and his men to capture Chalandritsa, while Ferdinand was pre-occupied with the princely army, failed. The defeated Achaean barons retreated once more to the south, into
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soldiers, as her husband's vanguard. Nicholas le Maure and several of the
Achaean barons, who had recognized Ferdinand's rule, now came over to seek her pardon. Ferdinand reacted by capturing the castle of
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claimed the principality, or at least part of it, as her inheritance, but her claims were rejected by the
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on 5 July 1316, Ferdinand was defeated and killed. The
Catalans abandoned the fortresses they controlled and left Achaea a few months later.
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knights. The battle ended in a crushing victory for
Ferdinand, but he was later engaged and killed by the troops of Matilda's husband,
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383:died without male offspring, per the
119:knights, native Achaean feudal levies
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302:Venetian–Genoese War (1350–55)
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516:infantry. According to the
381:William II of Villehardouin
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66:Kingdom of Majorca victory
413:Margaret of Villehardouin
405:Isabella of Villehardouin
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768:Topping, Peter (1975).
819:14th century in Greece
770:"The Morea, 1311–1364"
760:par Alfred Morel-Fatio
476:Chronicle of the Morea
353:Principality of Achaea
92:Commanders and leaders
86:Principality of Achaea
54:Picotin, near ancient
733:Bon, Antoine (1969).
379:In 1278, when Prince
124:Casualties and losses
469:Battle and aftermath
433:Ferdinand of Majorca
349:Ferdinand of Majorca
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98:Ferdinand of Majorca
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546:Battle of Manolada
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417:Matilda of Hainaut
369:Battle of Manolada
357:Matilda of Hainaut
351:, claimant to the
274:Halmyros/Cephissus
81:Kingdom of Majorca
814:Conflicts in 1316
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803:Categories
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502:archbishop
485:Burgundian
451:Chlemoutsi
409:suzerainty
375:Background
361:Burgundian
322:Negroponte
187:Asia Minor
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514:Almogavar
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459:Glarentza
367:, at the
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429:Infante
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63:Result
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