State · 1358 – 1416

Despotate of Arta

A state of 1358 – 1416 — 58 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 4 people. Its own article says it was dissolved.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 58 years; 1358 – 1416
Rulers: 4; the Lord of Arta
Most ground: 10,900 km²; in 1375
Symbol: 1; on record, with years

Map: Despotate of Arta in 1375, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Despotate of Arta in 1375, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 10,900 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

How it ended, as its article says

Dissolved, 1416. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

The Despotate ceased to exist in 1416, when it passed to Carlo I Tocco.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

ending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source
Peter Losha	1360 – 1374	14 years	ending not on record
Gjin Bua Shpata	1374 – 1399	25 years	ending not on record
Peter Losha	1374 – 1399	25 years	ending not on record
Sgouros Bova Spata	1399 – 1403	4 years	ending not on record
Maurice Spata	1403 – 1415	12 years	ending not on record

4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1360 – 1415. Median reign 14 years. 1 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

10,900 km² in 1378, 10,900 km² in 1416; at its largest 10,900 km² in 1378. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedShpata COA source · Public domain

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood58 years
stood longer than 36% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held10,900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 15% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median14 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 46% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1348 – 1426, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1375, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q2331954 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.