Kingdom of Thessalonica

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The Kingdom of Thessalonica was a short-lived Crusader state established after the Fourth Crusade in northern Greece, centered on the city of Thessaloniki.

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Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Thessalonica canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader state
Latin state in Greece
former country
former monarchy
medieval kingdom
capital Salonika
surface form: Thessaloniki
conflict Byzantine–Latin conflicts
surface form: Byzantine–Latin wars

wars with the Despotate of Epirus
conqueredBy Theodore Komnenos Doukas
coreTerritory city of Thessaloniki
surrounding region of Macedonia
currency Byzantine coinage
duration approximately 20 years
endTime 1224
era High Middle Ages
establishedAfter Fourth Crusade
establishedBy Boniface I of Montferrat
leaders of the Fourth Crusade
firstRuler Boniface I of Montferrat
followedBy Despotate of Epirus
Empire of Nicaea
governmentType feudal monarchy
historicalNote created as part of the partition of Byzantine lands after the sack of Constantinople in 1204
historicalRegion Macedonia region
surface form: Macedonia

Thessaly
language Greek
Latin
locatedIn northern Greece
locatedOn Balkans
surface form: Balkan Peninsula
namedAfter Salonika
surface form: Thessaloniki
overthrownBy Despotate of Epirus
partOf Latin Empire
precededBy Byzantine Empire
religion Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church

Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle King of Thessalonica
sovereign Boniface I of Montferrat
Demetrius of Montferrat
startTime 1204
successorState Empire of Thessalonica
surface form: Empire of Thessalonica (Epirus)
todayPartOf Greece
usedScript Greek alphabet
Latin alphabet
vassalOf Latin Empire

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Athens overlord Kingdom of Thessalonica
Henry of Flanders alliance Kingdom of Thessalonica
Boniface I of Montferrat founded Kingdom of Thessalonica
Boniface I of Montferrat ruled Kingdom of Thessalonica
Frankish Greece hasPart Kingdom of Thessalonica
Partition of the Byzantine Empire country Kingdom of Thessalonica
de la Roche dynasty governedUnderSuzeraintyOf Kingdom of Thessalonica