| rdfs:comment | - The castle was built between 1220 and 1223 during the rule of Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, with the use of confiscated Church property. The castle overlooked and defended the port town of Glarentza. After the death of Geoffrey II Villehardouin, the castle followed the fortunes of the Principality. The Catalans under Ferdinand of Majorca took it in 1315, but he was defeated and killed a year later by Louis of Burgundy. In the beginning of the 15th century, the castle passed into the hands of Carlo I Tocco. After the 1427 Battle of the Echinades, through his marriage with Maddalena Tocco, the Despot of the Morea, Constantine Palaiologos (the future last Byzantine emperor) gained possession of Elis, including the castle. Constantine established his court there, and it remained one of the seat
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| abstract | - The castle was built between 1220 and 1223 during the rule of Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, with the use of confiscated Church property. The castle overlooked and defended the port town of Glarentza. After the death of Geoffrey II Villehardouin, the castle followed the fortunes of the Principality. The Catalans under Ferdinand of Majorca took it in 1315, but he was defeated and killed a year later by Louis of Burgundy. In the beginning of the 15th century, the castle passed into the hands of Carlo I Tocco. After the 1427 Battle of the Echinades, through his marriage with Maddalena Tocco, the Despot of the Morea, Constantine Palaiologos (the future last Byzantine emperor) gained possession of Elis, including the castle. Constantine established his court there, and it remained one of the seats of the Despotate until its capture by the Ottomans in 1460. The area remained under Ottoman control until the Republic of Venice conquered the Peloponnese in the Morean War, with Chlemoutsi falling to Venetian hands in 1687. Venetian rule was brief, as the Ottomans recaptured the area in 1715, and held on to it until the Greek War of Independence in 1821. On 10 November 1825, the forces of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt took the castle, where numerous locals had fled, after a brief siege and bombardment, which caused great damage to its southern walls. Following the Egyptian withdrawal in 1828, the castle, partly razed by the Egyptians, became part of the modern Greek state.
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