 Then, Cephalonia, after sixteen years of Turkish occupation (1484–1500), became part of the " on 24 December 1500, with the Siege of the Castle of St. George.Finally, Ithaca, following the fate of Cephalonia, was conquered by Venice in 1503.Lefkada, part of the Despotate of Epirus since the latter's foundation in 1205, was incorporated by Leonardo I Tocco into the County of Cephalonia in 1362.