Greece is soon carved up into tiny…

June 1205 CE

Greece is soon carved up into tiny kingdoms and principalities ruled by Western princes.

The Kingdom of Thessalonica occupies land along the Aegean coast of Thrace, Thessaly, and Macedonia, but the interior borders are undefined as the kingdom is from the outset constantly at war with the Bulgarians, who had wanted to capture the remnants of the Empire for themselves, and the Despotate of Epirus, one of the empire’s successor states.

The kingdom initially also faces attacks from the deposed emperor Alexios III, who had fled to Corinth, although he is quickly defeated.

After this victory, …

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Thessalonica > Thessaloníki (Salonika) Thessaloniki Greece View →

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Alexios III Angelos View → Boniface of Montferrat View →

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Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of View → Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars View → Latin Empire of Constantinople (“Romania”) View → Nicaea, Empire of View → Athens, Duchy of View → Thessalonica, Kingdom of View → Negroponte, Triarchy of View → Achaea, Principality of View → Epirus, Despotate of View →

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Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars View → Crusades, The View → Latin Empire-Byzantine Empire War, First View →

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