Despotate of Epirus Timeline

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1205 CE - 1479 CE

Despotate of Epirus.
1205 CE - 1215 CE

Reign of Michael I Komnenos Doukas in Epirus.
1215 CE - 1230 CE

Reign of Theodore I Komnenos Doukas in Epirus.
1217 CE

Theodore I Komnenos Doukas of Epirus captures Peter of Courtenay, the Latin Emperor.
1224 CE

Theodore I Komnenos Doukas of Epirus recaptures Thessalonica from the Latins.
1227 CE

Theodore I Komnenos Doukas crowned the Emperor of Thessalonica in Ohrid.
1230 CE

Battle of Klokotnitsa, in which the Bulgarian army under Tsar Ivan Asen II defeated Theodore Komennos Doukas, Despot of Epirus.
1230 CE - 1241 CE

Reign of Manuel Komnenos Doukas in Thessalonica (1230-1237 CE) and Thessaly (1230-1241 CE).
1230 CE - c. 1267 CE

Reign of Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus.
1237 CE - 1244 CE

Reign of John Komnenos Doukas in Thessalonica.
1242 CE

The Empire of Thessalonica is forced to submit as a despotate to the Empire of Nicaea.
1244 CE - 1246 CE

Reign of Demetrios Komnenos Doukas in Thessalonica.
1246 CE

The Empire of Nicaea conquers Thessalonica.
1257 CE

Manfred of Sicily invades the Despotate of Epirus and conquers Durazzo, Corfu, Valona, Kanina, and Berat.
1259 CE

Battle of Pelagonia: Byzantine forces defeat the combined armies of the Principality of Achaea and Manfred of Sicily. Epirote forces withdraw before the battle.
1264 CE

Peace treaty between the Byzantine Empire and the Despotate of Epirus.
c. 1267 CE - 1297 CE

Reign of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus.
1297 CE - 1318 CE

Reign of Thomas Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus.
1318 CE

Thomas Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus, is murdered by his nephew, Count Nicholas Orsini of Cephalonia.
1318 CE - 1323 CE

Reign of Nicholas Orsini, Despot of Epirus.
1318 CE

The city of Ioannina joins the Byzantine Empire.
1323 CE - 1335 CE

Reign of John II Orsini, Despot of Epirus.
1325 CE

John II Orsini, Despot of Epirus, is dethroned as Count of Cephalonia.
1333 CE

Brief occupation of land in Thessaly by the Despotate of Epirus.
1335 CE - 1340 CE

Reign of Nikephoros II Orsini, Despot of Epirus.
1338 CE

Anna, widow of John II Orsini, signs over the Despotate of Epirus to the Byzantine Empire.
1340 CE

Byzantine forces defeat the Epirote rebels under Nikephoros II Orsini, reincorporating the territory into the Byzantine Empire.
c. 1348 CE

Serbian forces under Stefan Dusan conquer Epirus.
1356 CE - 1359 CE

Second reign of Nikephoros II Orsini, Despot of Epirus.
1359 CE - 1367 CE

Reign of Symeon Uros over Ioannina.
1367 CE - 1384 CE

Reign of Thomas Preljubovic in Ioannina.
1385 CE - 1411 CE

Reign of Esau Buondelmonti in Ioannina.
1399 CE

Esau Buondelmonti, Despot of Ioannina, is captured by Albanians.
1400 CE - 1408 CE

Carlo I Tocco, Count of Cephalonia, conquers Akarnania and Aitolia from the Albanians.
1411 CE

Carlo I Tocco is proclaimed the lord of Ioannina.
1412 CE

Battle of Kranea: Albanian forces defeat Carlo I Tocco, Count of Cephalonia.
1415 CE

Manuel II Palaiologos grants the title of despot of Epirus to Carlo I Tocco, Count of Cephalonia.
1416 CE

Carlo I Tocco conquers the city of Arta, reuniting the Despotate of Epirus.
1421 CE - 1426 CE

Carlo I Tocco, Despot of Epirus, attempts to conquer the Principality of Achaea, but is defeated by Byzantine forces.
1429 CE - 1448 CE

Reign of Carlo II Tocco in Epirus.
1430 CE

Ioannina surrenders to the Ottoman Empire.
1448 CE - 1479 CE

Reign of Leonardo III Tocco in Epirus.
1449 CE

Arta is conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
1479 CE

The Ottoman Empire conquers the remaining territory of the Despotate of Epirus: Vonitsa, Cephalonia, Ithaka, Zante, and Lefkada.