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Principality of Albania Principata e Arbërisë (Albanian) | |||||||||||
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Stema_e_Karl_Topis%C3%AB.png) Coat of Arms of Karl Thopia
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Principality_of_Albania_1370.png) The Principality of Albania in 1370 | |||||||||||
| Status | Principality | ||||||||||
| Capital | Durrës | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Albanian | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy | ||||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||||
| Prince | |||||||||||
• 1328–1359 | Tanusio Thopia | ||||||||||
• 1359–1388 | Karl Thopia | ||||||||||
• 1388–1392 | Gjergj Thopia | ||||||||||
• 1388–1392 | Helena Thopia | ||||||||||
• 1394–1402 | Helena Thopia Konstantin Balšić (co-rulers) | ||||||||||
• 1402–1415 | Niketa Thopia | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||||
• Established | 1328 | ||||||||||
• Fall under the Serbian Empire | 1343 | ||||||||||
• Regained control | 1355 | ||||||||||
• The capture of Durrës by Karl Thopia | 1368 | ||||||||||
• Ottoman conquest | 1415 | ||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | AL | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Albania | ||||||||||
The Principality of Albania (Albanian: Principata e Arbërisë) was an Albanian principality ruled by the Albanian dynasty of Thopia.[1][2] The first notable ruler was Tanusio Thopia, who became Count of Mat in 1328. The principality would reach its zenith during the rule of Karl Thopia, who emerged in 1359 after the Battle of Achelous, conquering the cities of Durrës and Krujë and consolidating his rule of central Albania between the rivers of Mat and Shkumbin.[1] The principality would last up until 1415, when it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
- ^ a b Soulis 1981, p. 143.
- ^ Robert Elsie (2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Scarecrow Press. p. 442-443. ISBN 9780810873803.
Although related to the Angevins on his mother's side, Charles Thopia, who called himself Princeps Albaniae (Prince of Albania), seized Durrës from the Angevins in 1368 after a long siege.