Principality of Valona
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The Principality of Valona and Kanina[lower-alpha 1], also known as the Despotate of Valona and Kanina[lower-alpha 2] or simply the Principality of Valona[lower-alpha 3][1][2][3] (1346–1417) was a medieval principality in Albania, roughly encompassing the territories of the modern counties of Vlorë (Valona), Fier, and Berat. Initially a vassal of the Serbian Empire, it became an independent lordship after 1355, although de facto under Venetian influence, and remained as such until it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1417.
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Principality of Valona and Kanina | |||||||||
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1346–1417 | |||||||||
Status | Principality, vassal of the Serbian Empire (1346–1355), Independent (1355–1417) | ||||||||
Capital | Valona (Vlorë, Albania) | ||||||||
Common languages | Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Serbian | ||||||||
Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Despot, later simply Lord | |||||||||
• 1346–1363 | John Komnenos Asen | ||||||||
• 1363–1372 | Alexander Komnenos Asen | ||||||||
• 1372–1385 | Balša II | ||||||||
• 1385–1396 | Komnina Balšić | ||||||||
• 1396–1414 | Mrkša Žarković | ||||||||
• 1414–1417 | Ruđina Balšić | ||||||||
Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||
• Serbian conquest | 1346 | ||||||||
• De facto independence | 1355 | ||||||||
• Ottoman conquest | 1417 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Albania |
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