Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Despotate of Dobruja
drawn on the map 1363–1394
An autonomous principality in Dobruja (on the Black Sea between the Danube and the coast) that broke from the fragmenting Second Bulgarian Empire in the mid-14th century. It is named for Dobrotitsa (Dobrotici, r. c. 1354–1386), who gave the region its name.
- Shown on the map
- 1363–1394
- Peak area
- 22k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
An autonomous principality in Dobruja (on the Black Sea between the Danube and the coast) that broke from the fragmenting Second Bulgarian Empire in the mid-14th century. It is named for Dobrotitsa (Dobrotici, r. c. 1354–1386), who gave the region its name. Under Byzantine and then Wallachian influence, it was absorbed by Mircea the Elder of Wallachia and then conquered by the Ottomans by the 1420s.
Common questions
- What was the Despotate of Dobruja?
- An autonomous principality in Dobruja (on the Black Sea between the Danube and the coast) that broke from the fragmenting Second Bulgarian Empire in the mid-14th century. It is named for Dobrotitsa (Dobrotici, r. c. 1354–1386), who gave the region its name.
- When is the Despotate of Dobruja shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Despotate of Dobruja 1363–1394. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Despotate of Dobruja?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Despotate of Dobruja covered about 22,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, academic works (John Fine on the Balkans, Halperin and Martin on Muscovy, Rady and Veszprémy on Hungary) and, for a few entries, the medieval Livonian Chronicle of Henry itself. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Despotate of Dobruja en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despotate_of_Dobruja
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