Kingdom of Thessalonica
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Kingdom of Thessalonica Regnum Thessalonicae ( Latin ) | |||||||||
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1204–1224 | |||||||||
Coat of Arms per The Lord Marshal's Roll (1295)
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Boniface | |||||||||
• 1207–1224 | Demetrius | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Kingdom established | 1204 | ||||||||
• Fall of Thessalonica to Epirus | 1224 | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Thessalonica (
History
Background
After the fall of
Establishment
Boniface reluctantly accepted this, and set out to conquer
In 1204–05, Boniface was able to extend his rule south into Greece, advancing through
The Lombard Rebellion
Boniface's rule lasted less than two years before he was ambushed by Tsar
War with Epirus and fall
Taking advantage of this situation, Michael I of Epirus, a former ally of Boniface, attacked the kingdom in 1210, as did the Bulgarians. Henry of Flanders eventually defeated both, but after Michael's death in 1214, his brother and successor Theodore began anew the assault on the kingdom. Over the next nine years Theodore gradually conquered all of Thessalonica except the city itself, as the Latin Empire could spare no army to defend it while they were busy fighting the Byzantine Empire of Nicaea in Asia. In 1224, just as Demetrius had become old enough to take power for himself, Theodore finally captured Thessalonica and the kingdom became part of the Despotate of Epirus.[5]
Titular claimants
The kingdom was claimed by titular kings of the house of
References
- Salimbene de Adam, Chronicle, 1966 edition vol. 2 p. 790. Cf. (Runciman 1951–1954, vol. 3 p. 125), and for full discussion (Haberstumpf 1995, pp. 56–67).
- ^ Van Tricht 2011, pp. 161–162.
- ^ Van Tricht 2011, pp. 162–163.
- ^ Gibbon, Edward (1906). Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 11. New York: Fred de Fau and Co.
- ISBN 9781134797462.
Bibliography
- Haberstumpf, Walter (1995), Dinastie europee nel Mediterraneo orientale. I Monferrato e i Savoia nei secoli XII–XV, Torino
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- Runciman, Steven (1951–1954). A History of the Crusades (3 vols.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Van Tricht, Filip (2011). The Latin Renovatio of Byzantium: The Empire of Constantinople (1204–1228). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-20323-5.