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The Despotate o Epirus (Greek: Δεσποτάτο της Ηπείρου) wis ane o the Greek successor states o the Byzantine Empire established in the eftermath o the Fowert Crusade in 1204 bi a brainch o the Angelos dynasty.
Despotate o Epirus | |||||||||||
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ca. 1205–1337/40a 1356–1479b | |||||||||||
![]() The Laitin Empire, Empire o Nicaea, Empire o Trebizond, an the Despotate o Epirus, c. 1204 | |||||||||||
Status | Variously vassal o the Laitin Empire, the Empire o Nicaea an the Palaiologan Byzantine Empire, the Angevins, an the Ottoman Empire | ||||||||||
Caipital | Arta (1205–1337/40, 1430–49), Ioannina (1356–1430), Angelokastron (1449–60) | ||||||||||
Common leids | Greek[1] | ||||||||||
Releegion | Greek Orthodox Kirk | ||||||||||
Govrenment | Despotic monarchy | ||||||||||
Despot o Epirus | |||||||||||
• 1205–1214 | Michael I Komnenos Doukas | ||||||||||
• 1448–1479 | Leonardo III Tocco | ||||||||||
Historical era | Heich Medieval | ||||||||||
• Established | 1205 | ||||||||||
• Byzantine conquest | 1337/40 | ||||||||||
• Re-establishment bi Nikephoros II Orsini | 1356 | ||||||||||
1479 | |||||||||||
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The day pairt o | Albanie Greece | ||||||||||
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