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Name: Empire of Thessalonica (Bulgaria)

Type: Polity

Start: 1230 AD

End: 1237 AD

Nation: kingdom of thessalonica

Parent: bulgaria

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Was an empire that controlled lands in Macedonia and Thessaly. After the Battle of Klokotnitsa, Thessalonica became a Bulgarian vassal.

Establishment

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

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    1. Events

  • January 1231: Epirus soon broke away from Thessalonica under Michael I's bastard son, Michael II Komnenos Doukas.

  • January 1237: Michael of Epirus was a de facto independent ruler, which he demonstrated by seizing Corfu in ca. 1236.

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

    • Disestablishment

  • January 1237: Michael of Epirus was a de facto independent ruler, which he demonstrated by seizing Corfu in ca. 1236.
  • July 1237: End of the vassalage of the Empire of Thessalonica to the Bulgars.

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