Michael Komnenos Doukas, a prince from the…
September 1205 CE
Michael Komnenos Doukas, a prince from the deposed imperial ruling family, makes alliances with Albanian chiefs and drives the Venetians from lands that now make up southern Albania and northern Greece, and in 1205 he sets up an independent principality, the Despotate of Epirus, with Janina (now Ioánnina in northwest Greece) as its capital.
Michael is the illegitimate son of the sebastokrator John Doukas and is thus a first cousin of the emperors Isaac II Angelos and Alexios III Angelos.
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Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
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Albanians
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Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
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Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
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Negroponte, Triarchy of
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Nicaea, Empire of
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Latin Empire of Constantinople (“Romania”)
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Athens, Duchy of
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Thessalonica, Kingdom of
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Achaea, Principality of
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Epirus, Despotate of
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