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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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