…Zadar, then …

The Republic of Venice and the kingdom of Croatia struggle to dominate Dalmatia as the power of Constantinople fades, and for a time the Dalmatians pay the Croats tribute to assure safe passage for their galleys through the Adriatic.

Peter grants a charter in 1066 to the new monastery of St. Mary in Zadar, where the founder and first nun is his cousin, the Abbess Čika.

This remains the oldest Croatian monument in the city of Zadar, and becomes a spearhead for the reform movement.

…as well as Zadar, …

Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, in an attempt to prevent an alliance between Coloman and Bohemond I of Antioch, had in 1104 or 1105 arranged a marriage between his son and heir, John, and Coloman's cousin, Piroska.

Coloman in 1105 invades Dalmatia.

According to the Life of the blessed John of Trogir, Coloman personally commanded his troops besieging Zadar, the most influential among the Dalmatian towns.

The siege lasts until Bishop John of Trogir negotiates a treaty between the king and the citizens, who accept Coloman's suzerainty.

Hungary and Venice cease hostilities in 1188.

The Hungarians have been only partly successful, managing to retake Zadar and a few other Venetian-held cities along the coast.

The Treaty of Turin, which settles the Hungarian-Venetian War, awards Louis virtually all of Dalmatia, …

Bosnia under Tvrtko dominates central Dalmatia during the late fourteenth century.

Dalmatian cities struggle to remain autonomous by playing one power against the others.

Most successful in this strategy is …

Zadar had come under the rule of Sigmund of Luxembourg after the death of Louis I of Hungary and Croatia in 1382, and eventually comes into the possession of Ladislaus of Naples, who, witnessing his loss of influence in Dalmatia, on July 31, 1409, sells Zadar and his dynasty's rights to Dalmatia to Venice for one hundred thousand ducats.

This is part of his attempts to gain allies in the upcoming war against the Republic of Florence, caused by his expansion in central Italy and his alliance with Paolo Guinigi, lord of Lucca, a traditional enemy of the Florentines.

Venice has therefore obtained control over Zadar without a fight, but is confronted by the resistance and tensions of important Zadar families.

These attempts are met with persecution and confiscation.

Venice installs nobility to govern the area, for example, Count Filippo Stipanov in Zadar.

Zadar remains the administrative seat of Dalmatia, but this time under the rule of Venice, which will soon expand over all of Dalmatia from Istria to Albania, barring …

Venice secures control of the Dalmatian islands and coast after defeating the Turkish fleet at Gallipoli in June 1416; the republic also acquires new outposts in the Greek mainland and Euboea.