The king of Naples, Charles I of…
1252 CE to 1395 CE
The king of Naples, Charles I of Anjou, occupies Durrës in 1272 and forms an Albanian kingdom that will last for a century.
Internal power struggles further weaken the East Roman Empire in the fourteenth century, enabling the Serbs' most powerful medieval ruler, Stefan Dusan, to establish a short-lived empire that includes all of Albania except Durrës.