Empire of Thessalonica

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It evolved from the Kingdom of Thessalonica, that controlled lands in Macedonia and Thessaly, in 1224 when Theodor of Thessalonica challenged Nicaea for the imperial title and crowned himself emperor, founding the short-lived Empire of Thessalonica.

Establishment

January 1225: Theodore challenged Nicaea for the imperial title and crowned himself emperor, founding the short-lived Empire of Thessalonica.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1226: Theodore of Thessalonica marched into Thrace and forced the Nicaeans to leave their European possessions to him.

January 1227: Epirote armies conquered Thrace in 1225-26, appearing before Constantinople itself. The Latin Empire was saved for a time by the threat posed to Theodore by the Bulgarian tsar Ivan II Asen, and a truce was concluded in 1228.

February 1227: Epirote armies conquered Thrace in 1225-26, appearing before Constantinople itself. The Latin Empire was saved for a time by the threat posed to Theodore by the Bulgarian tsar Ivan II Asen, and a truce was concluded in 1228.

January 1228: John III's possession of Adrianople was terminated by Theodore Komnenos Doukas of Epirus and Thessalonica, who drove the Nicaean garrison out of Adrianople and annexed much of Thrace in 1227.

March 1230: Battle of Klokotnitsa: Thessalonica became a Bulgarian vassal under Theodore of Thessaly's brother Manuel.

March 1230: Battle of Klokotnitsa: Theodore of Thessalony's recently conquered territories in Thrace and Macedonia were regained by Bulgaria without resistance. Thrace, most of Macedonia with Ohrid, the Albanian territories with Kruja and the northern half of Epirus became Bulgarian.

July 1237: Conquests of the Empire of Thessalonica in Bulgaria.

July 1237: End of the vassalage of the Empire of Thessalonica to the Bulgars.

January 1242: When Manuel, ruler of Thessaly, died in 1241, Michael II of Epirus was able to take over his possessions without resistance.

January 1242: Nicaean forces conquer the coast of Thessaly and Chalkidiki.

January 1243: In spite of some reverses against the Latin Empire in 1240, John III was able to take advantage of Ivan Asen II's death in 1241 to impose his own suzerainty over Thessalonica (in 1242).