 during the late middle ages, the two cities of argos (, ) and nauplia (modern nafplion, ÎÎ±ÏÏÎ»Î¹Î¿Î½; in the middle ages á¼Î½Î¬ÏÎ»Î¹, in french naples de romanie) formed a separate lordship within the frankish-ruled morea in southern greece. the cities were granted as a fief, following their conquest in 1211â1212, to otto de la roche, duke of athens, by geoffrey i of villehardouin, prince of achaea. the lordship remained in the possession of the de la roche and the brienne dukes of athens even after their expulsion from athens in 1311, and those dukes continued to be recognized there. walter vi of brienne was largely an absentee lord, spending most of his life in his european domains, and the lordship was inherited by his sixth son, guy of enghien. it then passed to his daughter marie of enghien when he died in 1376. in 1377, she married peter cornaro, who would also reside there until his death in 1388. shortly after his death, marie sold the two cities to venice and retired there, but argos was seized by the despot theodore i palaiologos, while nauplia by his ally, nerio i acciaioli. nauplia was soon taken over by venice, but argos remained in byzantine hands until 1394. == history == thumb|right|250px|map of the peloponnese with its principal locations during the late middle ages in the first years of the 13th century, already before the arrival of the fourth crusade in the byzantine empire, argos and nauplia became the centre of an independent domain under the greek lord leo sgouros. sgouros had exploited the feebleness of imperial authority, and like many other provincial magnates proceeded to carve out his own principality. from his hometown nauplia, he seized argos and corinth, and attacked athens, although he failed to take the [[acro
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