State · 1346 – 1417

Principality of Valona

A state of 1346 – 1417 — 71 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 6 people. Its own article says it was conquered by Ottoman Turks in 1417.

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

Stood: 71 years; 1346 – 1417
Rulers: 6; the Despot of Valona
Most ground: 6,100 km²; in 1395

Map: Principality of Valona in 1395, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Principality of Valona in 1395, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 6,100 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.

Principality of Valona in 1333, first mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Principality of Valona in 1395, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

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

How it ended, as its article says

Conquered by Ottoman Turks in 1417, 1417. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

Initially a vassal of the Serbian Empire, it became an independent lordship after 1355, although de facto under Venetian influence, and remained as such until it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1417.

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 record

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
John Komnenos Asen	1345 – 1363	18 years	ending not on record
Alexander Komnenos Asen	1363 – 1372	9 years	ending not on record	child
Balša II	1372 – 1385	13 years	ending not on record
Comita Muzaka	1385 – 1396	11 years	ending not on record
Mrkša Žarković	1396 – 1414	18 years	ending not on record
Ruđina Balšić	1414 – 1417	3 years	ending not on record	spouse

6 rulers, 6 with terms dated as terms, covering 1345 – 1417. Median reign 12 years. 0 of 5 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.

700 km² in 1346, 6,100 km² in 1417; at its largest 6,100 km² in 1396. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

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 stood71 years
stood longer than 40% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held6,100 km²
held more ground at its peak than 12% 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 median13 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 44% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record6
has more rulers on record than 69% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1336 – 1427, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1395, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q7245121 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · 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.