Walter VI, Count of Brienne
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Walter VI of Brienne was a French nobleman and crusader. He was the count of Brienne in France, the count of Conversano and Lecce in southern Italy and claimant to the Duchy of Athens in Frankish Greece.
Portrait by Luigi Rubio, 1834.
The expulsion of the Duke of Athens from Florence, by Stefano Ussi
Seal of Walter, with his title of "Duke of Athens"
Duchy of Athens
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The Duchy of Athens was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade as part of the process known as Frankokratia, encompassing the regions of Attica and Boeotia, and surviving until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.
13th century Frankish tower at Oinoi
The Acropolis of Athens in the mid-18th century. The discernible fortifications, eventually demolished in the mid-19th century, date back to the de la Roche and Acciaioli periods.
Painting of Madonna comissioned during the reign of Francesco I (1451–1454). From the St. Elias church in Athens, demolished in 1849.