^ Subsumed intae the Empire o Thessalonica, 1224–30; temporary Nicaean conquest, 1259–60
^ In union wi the Coonty palatine o Cephalonia an Zakynthos efter 1416
The Despotate o Epirus (Greek: Δεσποτάτο της Ηπείρου) wis ane o the Greek successor states o the Byzantine Empire established in the eftermath o the Fowert Crusade in 1204 bi a brainch o the Angelos dynasty.