The Realm or Kingdom of Candia or Duchy of Candia was the official name of Crete during the island's period as an overseas colony of the Republic of Venice, from the initial Venetian conquest in 1205–1212 to its fall to the Ottoman Empire during the Cretan War . The island was at the time and up to the early modern era commonly known as Candia after its capital, Candia or Chandax . In modern Greek historiography, the period is known as the Venetocracy .
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