Polity · 1206 CE – 1481 CE
Despotate of Epirus
Δεσποτάτο της Ηπείρου
- Peak recorded area
- 108,427 km²
- 1227 CE
- Rulers on record
- 6
- from 1266 CE
Overview
The Despotate of Epirus was one of the Greek rump states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty, the Komnenodoukas dynasty.
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Territory
21 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
6 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Nikephoros I Komnenos DoukasDespot of Epirus1266 CE – 1297 CE
- Thomas I Komnenos DoukasDespot of Epirus1297 CE – 1318 CE
- Nicholas OrsiniDespot of Epirus1318 CE – 1323 CE
- John II OrsiniDespot of Epirus1323 CE – 1335 CE
- Nikephoros II OrsiniDespot of Epirus1335 CE – 1355 CE
- Esau de' BuondelmontiDespot of Epirus1385 CE – 1411 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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Despotate of Epirus is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.