Polity Marquisate of Bodonitsa (Latin Empire)

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The Marquisate of Bodonitsa was originally created as a vassal state of the Kingdom of Thessalonica after the Fourth Crusade. It became a direct vassal of the Latin Empire in 1210. However, after the Latin Empire was conquered by the Byzantines, it became practically independent.

Establishment

  • January 1210: Emperor Henry of Flanders' expedition against the rebellious Lombard barons of Thessalonica in 1208-09, ended the feudal dependency of the southern principalities (the Duchy of Athens, the Marquisate of Bodonitsa, the Lordship of Salona, and the Triarchy of Negroponte) on Thessalonica, replacing it with direct imperial suzerainty.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Henry

Expansion during the rule of Henry in the Latin Empire.

  • January 1210: Emperor Henry of Flanders' expedition against the rebellious Lombard barons of Thessalonica in 1208-09, ended the feudal dependency of the southern principalities (the Duchy of Athens, the Marquisate of Bodonitsa, the Lordship of Salona, and the Triarchy of Negroponte) on Thessalonica, replacing it with direct imperial suzerainty.

2. Re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire

The recapture of the city of Constantinople by the forces of the Empire of Nicaea, led to the re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty, after an interval of 57 years where the city had been the capital of the Latin Empire installed by the Fourth Crusade in 1204.

  • July 1261: The Nicaean Empire recovered Constantinople and rended the Latin Empire in 1261. All the vassals of the Latin Empire therefore became independente realms.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

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

Disestablishment

  • July 1261: The Nicaean Empire recovered Constantinople and rended the Latin Empire in 1261. All the vassals of the Latin Empire therefore became independente realms.