1259 =Joannes Ducas I=, natural son of the despot Michael II, marries daughter of the Wallachian chief in Thessaly. He founds an independent government, fighting with or against Epirus or Constantinople, as suits his interests.
1290 Succeeded by his son, name not known.
1300 =Joannes Ducas (II)= succeeds under guardianship of Guy II, duke of Athens, his cousin.
1308 On death of Joannes, his possessions are divided among the frontier states.
1367 =Thomas Prelubos= recognised by Stephen Dushan as prince of Joannina or Arta.
1385 Assassination of Prelubos on account of his cruelties. His widow marries =Esau Buondelmonte=, who wars with the Albanians until captured in 1399.
_The Tocco Family in Epirus (Despotat of Romania)_
1400 =Charles Tocco=, grandson of Leonardo Tocco, who was invested with Cephalonia by Robert of Tarentum, titular emperor of Romania, invades Epirus about 1390, and finally conquers enough territory to declare himself despot of Romania.
1431 The Turks capture Joannina and Ætolia.
1433 Charles becomes a citizen of Venice in order to obtain the protection of that republic.
1469 The Turks drive Leonard from the throne.
Between the kingdom of Salonica and the Peloponnesus lie several feudal states apportioned among the crusaders. Of these the duchy of Athens is the most important.
1205 =Otto de la Roche=, a Burgundian noble, takes possession of Athens. He is master of all Attica and Bœotia, but does homage to Boniface of Salonica.
1207 On death of Boniface Thebes is taken from Otto and added to Salonica, but is returned later by Henry of Romania.
1225 Otto prefers to return to his fief in France and resigns in favour of his nephew, =Guy I=.
1264 =John= succeeds his father. He assists Joannes Ducas against the Byzantine army and forms a close alliance with him later on. John captured in the battle of Oreus by the forces of Michael VIII and is released without payment of ransom.
1275 John succeeded by his brother, =William I=.
1280 William assumes the government of Achaia during minority of Isabella Villehardouin.
1290 Death of William. His son, =Guy II=, succeeds.
1293 Guy is invited to administer the dominions of the despot of Wallachia, his ward. Anna, widow of Nicephorus of Epirus, prepares to attack him, but withdraws through fear.