State · 1322 – 1395

Despotate of Dobruja

A state of 1322 – 1395 — 73 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.

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

Stood: 73 years; 1322 – 1395
Rulers: 3; the Despot of Dobruja
Most ground: 21,600 km²; in 1363
Symbols: 2; on record, with years

Map: Despotate of Dobruja in 1363, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Despotate of Dobruja in 1363, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 21,600 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.

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	To the ruler before
Balik	1340 – 1347	7 years	ending not on record
Dobrotitsa	1347 – 1386	39 years	ending not on record
Ivanko	1385 – 1389	4 years	ending not on record	child

3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1340 – 1389. Only 49 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 1 of 2 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.

21,600 km² in 1372, 21,500 km² in 1392; at its largest 21,600 km² in 1372. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

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

coat of arms, undatedCoats of arms of the Terter dynasty · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kandi
flag, undatedFlag of Vicina · 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 stood73 years
stood longer than 41% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held21,600 km²
held more ground at its peak than 22% 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.
Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1312 – 1405, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1363, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q542165 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.