← Explore on the interactive map

Alexios Angelos

Type Figure Region Epirus Time c. 1185–1220 Also known as Alexios Angelos、Alexios I Komnenos Angelos of Epirus、Ἀλέξιος Ἄγγελος

Founder of the 13th-century Despotate of Epirus, born around 1185 and assassinated in Epirus around 1220;…

Timeline

  1. c. 1185–1204Constantinople · ByzantineOf Angelos imperial descent, he moved west with exile factions after Constantinople fell to the crusaders in 1204, creating the conditions for establishing a new regime in Epirus.
  2. 1205–1220Ioannina · EpirusAfter 1204 he established the Despotate of Epirus, contending with the Latin Empire, Bulgaria, and local Greek factions before the 1220s. He died around 1220 in an internal coup or assassination, and power passed to Theodore Komnenos Doukas.

Sources