What is Empire of Thessalonica?
{{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Empire of Thessalonica | image_map = Epirus 1205-1230-en.svg | capital = [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonica]] | government_type = [[Monarchy]] | status = [[Empire]] | life_span = 1224–1246 | title_leader = [[Emperor]] | year_leader1 = 1227-1230 | leader1 = [[Teodor Angelos Doukas Komnen]] | year_leader2 = 1230-1237 | leader2 = [[Manuel Angelos Doukas Komnen]] | year_leader3 = 1237-1242 | leader3 = [[John Komnenos Doukas]] | p1 = Kingdom of Thessalonica | s1 = Empire of Nicaea | today = [[Greece]] }} The '''Empire of Thessalonica''' was a short-lived [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] successor state that existed from 1224 to 1246 CE. It was established by [[Teodor Angelos Doukas Komnen]]. The Empire came to an end in 1246 when Thessalonica was captured by the [[Empire of Nicaea]], another Byzantine successor state, ruled [[John III Doukas Vatatzes]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pietranik|first=Michał|date=2023-08-07|title=Celebracja cesarskich zwycięstw militarnych w późnym Bizancjum w świetle kroniki Jerzego Akropolitesa|url=https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/WSN/article/view/8113/6201|format=PDF|journal=Wieki Stare i Nowe|volume=13|pages=37}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Former empires|Thessalonica]]