Byzantine empire of Nicaea |
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When Constantinople fell to the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, Theodore Laskaris, who had escaped to Nicaea of Bithynia followed by some of his supporters, established a new state thus laying claims to the continuity of the Byzantine Empire. The state, whose capital was Nicaea, finally expanded over a large part of Asia Minor and Greece mainland, and spread over territories of Epirus, the successor state of the Byzantine Empire. As the state of Nicaea actually replaced the imperial... |
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Establishment of the Empire of Trebizond by the Grand Komnenoi, 1204 |
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After the rebellion of September 12th 1185 in Constantinople, which signalled the fall of the Komnenian dynasty and caused the death of Andronicus I and his son Manuel II, the later's underage sons Manuel, Alexius and David found refuge in their relative Thamar, queen of Georgia. With her help, the two brothers captured the south coast of the Black Sea and founded the Trebizond Empire in April 1204. |
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