“Despotate of Epirus” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1206 to 1481. Its territory was largest in AD 1227 – 1235, at ≈ 109 thousand km².
| Period | Area |
|---|---|
| AD 1206 – 1215 | ≈ 48 thousand km² |
| AD 1216 – 1219 | ≈ 68 thousand km² |
| AD 1220 – 1226 | ≈ 83 thousand km² |
| AD 1227 – 1235 | ≈ 109 thousand km² |
| AD 1236 – 1240 | ≈ 41 thousand km² |
| AD 1241 – 1249 | ≈ 56 thousand km² |
| AD 1250 – 1271 | ≈ 61 thousand km² |
| AD 1272 – 1278 | ≈ 47 thousand km² |
| AD 1279 – 1293 | ≈ 20 thousand km² |
| AD 1294 – 1325 | ≈ 21 thousand km² |
| AD 1326 – 1343 | ≈ 18 thousand km² |
| AD 1385 – 1394 | ≈ 12 thousand km² |
| AD 1395 – 1414 | ≈ 12 thousand km² |
| AD 1415 – 1421 | ≈ 14 thousand km² |
| AD 1422 – 1428 | ≈ 24 thousand km² |
| AD 1429 – 1430 | ≈ 24 thousand km² |
| AD 1431 – 1449 | ≈ 14 thousand km² |
| AD 1450 – 1458 | ≈ 8,643 km² |
| AD 1459 – 1462 | ≈ 3,091 km² |
| AD 1463 – 1474 | ≈ 2,063 km² |
| AD 1475 – 1481 | ≈ 2,063 km² |
Outline of the territory in AD 1227 – 1235 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.
For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.
| Frame | Area | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1206 | ≈ 48 thousand km² | 80 of 149 |
| AD 1210 | ≈ 48 thousand km² | 79 of 146 |
| AD 1216 | ≈ 68 thousand km² | 72 of 143 |
| AD 1220 | ≈ 83 thousand km² | 62 of 143 |
| AD 1227 | ≈ 109 thousand km² | 54 of 139 |
| AD 1236 | ≈ 41 thousand km² | 77 of 137 |
| AD 1241 | ≈ 56 thousand km² | 61 of 130 |
| AD 1250 | ≈ 61 thousand km² | 56 of 118 |
| AD 1260 | ≈ 61 thousand km² | 52 of 123 |
| AD 1270 | ≈ 61 thousand km² | 52 of 123 |
| AD 1272 | ≈ 47 thousand km² | 56 of 121 |
| AD 1279 | ≈ 20 thousand km² | 71 of 122 |
| AD 1285 | ≈ 20 thousand km² | 76 of 128 |
| AD 1294 | ≈ 21 thousand km² | 87 of 145 |
| AD 1305 | ≈ 21 thousand km² | 89 of 152 |
| AD 1314 | ≈ 21 thousand km² | 89 of 151 |
| AD 1326 | ≈ 18 thousand km² | 92 of 144 |
| AD 1333 | ≈ 18 thousand km² | 93 of 145 |
| AD 1385 | ≈ 12 thousand km² | 114 of 154 |
| AD 1392 | ≈ 12 thousand km² | 114 of 154 |
| AD 1395 | ≈ 12 thousand km² | 108 of 149 |
| AD 1402 | ≈ 12 thousand km² | 106 of 141 |
| AD 1407 | ≈ 12 thousand km² | 106 of 141 |
| AD 1415 | ≈ 14 thousand km² | 96 of 136 |
| AD 1422 | ≈ 24 thousand km² | 90 of 132 |
| AD 1429 | ≈ 24 thousand km² | 91 of 130 |
| AD 1431 | ≈ 14 thousand km² | 100 of 130 |
| AD 1440 | ≈ 14 thousand km² | 103 of 129 |
| AD 1450 | ≈ 8,643 km² | 111 of 127 |
| AD 1453 | ≈ 8,643 km² | 113 of 130 |
| AD 1459 | ≈ 3,091 km² | 120 of 132 |
| AD 1463 | ≈ 2,063 km² | 123 of 132 |
| AD 1468 | ≈ 2,063 km² | 129 of 140 |
| AD 1475 | ≈ 2,063 km² | 128 of 137 |
Its highest rank was in AD 1260: number 123 of 52.
In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).
Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 1 by area.
| Frame | Other country | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 1236 | lost | Second Bulgarian Empire | ≈ 42 thousand km² |
Succeeded by: Ioannina sanjak · Duchy of Leucas
Source: Wikidata (CC0)
The Despotate of Epirus (Medieval Greek: Δεσποτᾶτον τῆς Ἠπείρου) was one of the Greek rump states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty, the Komnenodoukas dynasty.
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