Kingdom of Thessalonica
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Was a short-lived Crusader State founded after the Fourth Crusade over conquered Byzantine lands in Macedonia and Thessaly.
Establishment
October 1204: The Crusader State of Thessalonica was founded after the Fourth Crusade over conquered Byzantine lands in Macedonia and Thessaly.
October 1204: After the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the Latin Empire captured Thrace, Thessaly, and northern Greece. The territory was then given to Boniface of Montferrat, who established the Kingdom of Thessalonica.
November 1204: After the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the Latin Empire captured Thrace, Thessaly, and northern Greece. The territory was then given to Boniface of Montferrat, who established the Kingdom of Thessalonica.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291.
1.1.Fourth Crusade
Was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem. However, the Western Crusaders sacked Constantinople in 1204 and partitioned the Byzantine Empire.
January 1205: In 1204, Arbanon, led by Prince Progon, attained political independence from Constantinople after the Fourth Crusade. The territory went to the Principality of Arbanon, marking a temporary period of autonomy.
Were a series of conflicts between the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Latin Empire.
April 1205: Battle of Adrianople.
July 1205: Battle of Serres.
Expansion during the rule of Henry in the Latin Empire.
January 1208: Lemnos formed a fief of the Latin Empire under the Venetian Navigajoso family from 1207.
September 1205: The Epirote state was founded in 1205 by Michael Komnenos Doukas, a cousin of the Byzantine emperors Isaac II Angelos and Alexios III Angelos. He went to Epirus, where he considered himself the Byzantine governor of the old province of Nicopolis and revolted against Boniface.
January 1208: The Island of Tinos (Tino) was acquired by Venice in 1207.
January 1208: The Duchy of the Archipelago was created in 1207 by the Venetian nobleman Marco Sanudo, a participant in the Fourth Crusade and nephew of the former Doge Enrico Dandolo, who had led the Venetian fleet to Constantinople. This was an independent venture, without the consent of the Latin emperor Henry of Flanders.
January 1208: In 1207, the Venetian Republic gained control of the Sporades islands, including Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonnisos, and Skyros.
January 1208: In 1207, Kythnos and Sifnos became part of the Venetian Duchy of the Archipelago. The Venetians controlled these islands until 1617, when they were taken over by the Ottoman Empire. This period marked a significant influence of Venetian culture and architecture in the region.
January 1208: Venetian colony in Santorini from 1207.
January 1211: Gramvousa Island (Grabusa) was a Venetian Colony from 1210.
January 1211: The Naxiotes continued to resist the Venetians, however, and established a base inland, around the fortress of Apalyros/Apalire. The latter fell to Sanudo after a five or six weeks' siege, despite the assistance rendered to the Greeks by the Genoese, Venice's main competitors.
January 1216: In 1215, Michael I Komnenos Doukas, ruler of the Despotate of Epirus, captured Larissa and Dyrrhachium from the Latin Empire. He also gained control of ports on the Gulf of Corinth, expanding his territory and influence in the region.
Disestablishment
January 1225: Theodore of Epirus captured Thessalonica and the kingdom became part of the Despotate of Epirus.
