{"slug": "despotate-of-epirus", "label": "Despotate of Epirus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotate_of_Epirus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187684", "qid": "Q187684", "description": "former country", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [1204, 1411], "span_label": ["1204 CE", "1411 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "durres", "label": "Durrës", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "empire-of-nicaea", "label": "Empire of Nicaea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "manfred-king-of-sicily", "label": "Manfred, King of Sicily", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thessaloniki", "label": "Thessaloniki", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "latin-empire", "label": "Latin Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-honorius-iii", "label": "Pope Honorius III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empire-of-trebizond", "label": "Empire of Trebizond", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nicaea", "label": "Nicaea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theodore-i-laskaris", "label": "Theodore I Laskaris", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1204, "year_label": "1204 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Theodore I Laskaris flees to Nicaea after the capture of Constantinople, and establishes the Empire of Nicaea; Byzantine successor states are also established in Epirus and Trebizond.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361051821#Events", "title": "1204", "revid": 1361051821, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1217, "year_label": "1217 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – Peter II of Courtenay is crowned emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople at Rome, by Pope Honorius III. Shortly after his coronation, Peter borrows some ships from the Venetians, promising in return to conquer Durazzo for them. He fails in this enterprise and seeks to make his way to Constantinople by land. On the journey, he is seized by troops of Theodore Komnenos Doukas, despot of Epirus, and is put in prison.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488093#Europe", "title": "1217", "revid": 1367488093, "section": "Events › Other events by place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1218, "year_label": "1218 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ivan Asen II becomes ruler (tsar) of the Bulgarian Empire, during his reign he will add Epirus, as well as parts of Albania and Macedonia to his realm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347207200#Europe", "title": "1218", "revid": 1347207200, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1224, "year_label": "1224 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December", "text": "December – Theodore Komnenos (Doukas), ruler of the Despotate of Epirus, captures Thessaloniki – beginning the de facto Byzantine Empire of Thessalonica. Later, Theodore Komnenos was crowned Byzantine emperor but is not recognized as such by the rest of the Greek or Latin population.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561506#October_–_December", "title": "1224", "revid": 1369561506, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1257, "year_label": "1257 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – The Epirote–Nicaean conflict (1257–59) begins between the Despotate of Epirus and the Empire of Nicaea. Despot Michael II Komnenos Doukas revolts and defeats the Nicaean army under George Akropolites. The Epirote and Serbian forces join their attacks against Michael, who sends his forces into Macedonia and marches on to Thessalonica. In response, Michael is attacked – on the west coast of Epirus – by Manfred of Sicily. Manfred first occupies the major Ionian Islands, including Corfu. Then he lands on the Albanian coast and takes Durazzo, Berat, Valona and their environs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350011805#Europe", "title": "1257", "revid": 1350011805, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1266, "year_label": "1266 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – Battle of Benevento: Guelph forces (some 12,000 men), led by Charles of Anjou, brother of King Louis IX of France, defeat a combined German and Sicilian army under King Manfred of Sicily, during a long-running power struggle in Italy. Manfred takes up a strong position near Benevento. As the French infantry advances, he unleashes his Saracen archers and light cavalry, which scatters the French. But the Saracens leave themselves exposed to the French heavy cavalry, and are overwhelmed. Manfred orders his heavy cavalry (some 1,200 German mercenary knights) into the attack, but they are defeated by the Guelph forces, and take heavy losses. Manfred is killed, and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as ruler of Sicily and Naples. Meanwhile, Michael II, despot of Epirus, invades Albania, and recovers the lands that Manfred has taken from him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320651#Europe", "title": "1266", "revid": 1351320651, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1319, "year_label": "1319 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – Philip I, Prince of Taranto, in his capacity as King of Albania, gives the title of Philip, Despot of Romania to his second eldest son Prince Philip II. Despite the mention of Romania, the despotate is a part of Albania, and the title gives rights of Philip II to Epirus in Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361361432#April_–_June", "title": "1319", "revid": 1361361432, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1337, "year_label": "1337 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Despotate of Epirus is conquered by the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359629159#Date_unknown", "title": "1337", "revid": 1359629159, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1348, "year_label": "1348 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Stefan the Mighty, Emperor of Serbia, conquers Thessaly and Epirus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320392432#Date_unknown", "title": "1348", "revid": 1320392432, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1411, "year_label": "1411 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – Esau de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Epirus", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354941251#Deaths", "title": "1411", "revid": 1354941251, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1411, "year_label": "1411 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Carlo I Tocco arrives at Ioannina in Greece to become the new ruler of the former Byzantine state, the Despotate of Epirus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354941251#April–June", "title": "1411", "revid": 1354941251, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}