Barony of Geraki
| Barony of Geraki | |||||||
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| Barony of the Principality of Achaea | |||||||
| 1209–1260s | |||||||
Map of the Peloponnese with its principal locations during the late Middle Ages | |||||||
| Capital | Geraki | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
| • Coordinates | 36°59′N 22°42′E / 36.983°N 22.700°E | ||||||
| • Type | Feudal lordship | ||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• Established | 1209 | ||||||
• Byzantine reconquest | 21 June 1260 | ||||||
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The Barony of Geraki was a medieval Frankish fiefdom of the Principality of Achaea, located on the western slopes of Mount Parnon in Laconia, of the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, and centred on the castle of Geraki (Greek: Γεράκι, Ἰεράκιον; French: Le Gi[e]rachy; Italian: Zirachi, Zerachi). After the fall of Geraki to the Byzantines, the ruling family, the Nivelets, retained their baronial title and were compensated with new lands in Messenia, as the Barony of Nivelet.