Despotate of Arta

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The Despotate of Arta was a short-lived 14th-century Greek principality centered on the city of Arta in Epirus, emerging from the fragmentation of the Despotate of Epirus and ruled by local Albanian and Greek elites.

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Despotate of Arta canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval state ⓘ
successor state ⓘ
capital Arta ⓘ
commonLanguage Albanian ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
conflictsWith Despotate of Epirus ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Principality of Achaea ⓘ
Serbian Empire (successor states) ⓘ
linked to: Serbian Empire
continent Europe ⓘ
countryType despotate ⓘ
culturalInfluence Albanian ⓘ
Byzantine ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
currency Byzantine coinage ⓘ
emergedFrom Despotate of Epirus ⓘ
fragmentation of the Despotate of Epirus ⓘ
endTime 1416 ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
establishedBy Albanian clans ⓘ
local Albanian leaders ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasRuler Gjin Bua Shpata ⓘ
Muriq Shpata ⓘ
Pjetër Losha ⓘ
Yaqub Shpata ⓘ
historicalRegion Epirus ⓘ
locatedIn Epirus ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Epirus region of Greece ⓘ
linked to: Epirus

Greece ⓘ
notableCity Arta ⓘ
partOf medieval Balkans ⓘ
politicalStructure feudal state ⓘ
predecessor Byzantine Empire (in Epirus) ⓘ
Despotate of Epirus ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
rulingElites Albanian nobility ⓘ
Greek nobility ⓘ
shortLived true ⓘ
startTime 1358 ⓘ
successor Despotate of Epirus (restored under Carlo I Tocco) ⓘ
linked to: Despotate of Epirus

Tocco rule in Epirus ⓘ
linked to: Tocco of Epirus
territoryIncludes Arta region ⓘ
linked to: Arta

parts of Epirus ⓘ
timePeriod 14th century ⓘ
early 15th century ⓘ

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Despotate of Epirus → successor → Despotate of Arta ⓘ