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Denier minted under John II Orsini as ruler of Epirus
John II Orsini (Italian: Giovanni II Orsini), also John Komnenos Doukas or Comnenus Ducas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός Δούκας, translit. Iōannēs Komnēnos Doukas), was count palatine of Cephalonia from 1323 to 1324 and Despot of Epirus from 1323 to 1335.
Giovanni Orsini or JohnOrsini may refer to: John I Orsini (died 1317), count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos JohnIIOrsini, despot of Epirus (1323–1335)...
John I Orsini (Italian: Giovanni Orsini) was the count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos from 1303 or 1304 to his death in 1317. Married to an Epirote...
Nikephoros was the son of JohnOrsini of Epirus and Anna Palaiologina. When his mother allegedly poisoned his father in 1335, Nikephoros II succeeded as a 7-year-old...
and he was in turn killed by his brother JohnIIOrsini in 1323. Nicholas was the son of Count John I Orsini of Cephalonia by Maria, a daughter of Nikephoros...
Nicholas III JohnIIOrsini (died 1335), known as the Despot of Epirus Latino Orsini (1411–1477), Catholic cardinal Latino Malabranca Orsini (d. 1294),...
Nicephorus I, and countess palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos as wife of John I Orsini. Maria was the only child of Nicephorus I Komnenos Doukas, despot of...
Matthew Orsini, 1195 – after 1238 Richard Orsini, before 1260 – 1304 John I Orsini, 1304–1317 Nicholas Orsini, 1317–1323 JohnIIOrsini, 1323–1325 John of...
Romanie claimed by Philip I of Taranto and his son Philip of Apulia, Nicholas Orsini, and later Carlo I Tocco. In the Byzantine world, the term Dysis (Δύσις)...
Giovanni Antonio (Giannantonio) Orsini del Balzo (9 September 1401 – 15 November 1463) was a southern Italian nobleman and military leader; he was Prince...
this spread across the city, the Latin inhabitants, from Emperor Baldwin II downwards, hurriedly rushed to the harbours of the Golden Horn, hoping to...
(after 1250–1337) JohnIIOrsini (died 1335), Count of Cephalonia and ruler of Epirus JohnII Platyn (died 702), Exarch of Ravenna JohnII Stanley of the...
either as a reference to the Komnenos Doukas and Orsini despots, or to the title assumed by Thomas II Preljubović. The locals insisted that Carlo seek...
after the Fourth Crusade (1204). In 1259, the Principality's ruler William II Villehardouin lost the Battle of Pelagonia against the Byzantine Emperor Michael...
John the Theologian (Greek: Μονή του Αγίου Ιωάννου του Θεολόγου, romanized: Moní tou Agíou Ioánnou tou Theológou; also called Monastery of Saint John...
complex accessible via a bridge from the nearby plateau. During World War II the site was bombed. There are various rocks of Meteora that surround the...
under Turahan Bey, and was reduced to a tributary vassal by Sultan Murad II in 1446. From 1449, it was ruled by the brothers Demetrios Palaiologos and...
fronted by a balcony and with a fireplace in the rear. In late 1248, William II of Villehardouin, ruler of the Frankish Principality of Achaea, captured Monemvasia...
of Felice della Rovere (illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II) and Gian Giordano Orsini and, on his mother's side, of Count Bosio Sforza and Costanza...
Athonite tradition, the Blessed Virgin Mary was sailing accompanied by St John the Evangelist from Joppa to Cyprus to visit Lazarus. When the ship was blown...
Monastery of Panagia Ekatontapiliani in Paros". Greek City Times. Freely, John (4 June 2006). The Cyclades: Discovering the Greek Islands of the Aegean...
the apostolic Greek branch of an Italian House of Orsini. In 1335, she lost her father JohnIIOrsini, when he was poisoned, allegedly by his wife, Anna...
to Mehmed II, but he withdrew without besieging it. Then, following the advice of Thomas, the inhabitants offered the city to Pope Pius II on September...
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