Editing Aegina (section)

===Frankish rule after 1204===
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[[File:Ναός Αγίου Γεωργίου του Φόρου, Παλαιοχώρα Αίγινα 1545.jpg|thumb|left|The former catholic church known as Saint George of the Forum in Palaiochora, the medieval capital of Aegina.]] 
After the dissolution and partition of the Byzantine Empire by the [[Fourth Crusade]] in 1204, Aegina was accorded to the [[Republic of Venice]]. In the event, it became controlled by the [[Duchy of Athens]]. The [[Catalan Company]] seized control of Athens, and with it Aegina, in 1317, and in 1425 the island became controlled by the Venetians,<ref>Kazhdan (1991), pp. 40–41</ref> when Alioto Caopena, at that time ruler of Aegina, placed himself by treaty under the Republic's protection to escape the danger of a Turkish raid. The island must then have been fruitful, for one of the conditions by which Venice accorded him protection was that he should supply grain to Venetian colonies. He agreed to surrender the island to Venice if his family became extinct. [[Antonio II Acciaioli]] opposed the treaty for one of his adopted daughters had married the future lord of Aegina, Antonello Caopena.