Polity Despotate of Dobruja

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Split off from the Second Bulgarian Empire under the influence of the Byzantine Empire. It controlled modern Dobruja.

Establishment

  • January 1357: The Despotate of Dobruja split off from the Second Bulgarian Empire under the influence of the Byzantine Empire.

Chronology

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1. Byzantine reconquest of the Black Sea´s territories

Was the Byzantine reconquest of the coastal land of the Black Sea from Constantinople to Varna.

  • January 1404: In 1403, the coastal land of the Black Sea from Constantinople to Varna was under the control of the Byzantine Empire.

2. Wars of Mehmed II

Wars during the rule of Mehmed II in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • November 1444: Ottomans secured tthe Despotate of Dobruja after the Battle of Varna.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1401: Mircea the Elder (the Voivode of Wallachia) defeated the Ottomans in several battles, including the Battle of Rovine in 1394, driving them away from Dobruja and briefly extending his rule to the Danube Delta, Dobruja and Silistra (c. 1400-1404).

Disestablishment

  • November 1444: Ottomans secured tthe Despotate of Dobruja after the Battle of Varna.