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Sgouros Bova Spata
Sgouros Shpata (; 1399–1403) was the Despotate of Arta, Lord of Arta briefly in 1400, and the Lord of Angelokastron from 1401 until his death in 1403, during warfare in a civil war. Life Born in the first half of the 14th century in Epirus to Pietro Bua Shpata the lord of Angelokastro, Aetolia-Acarnania, Angelokastron and Delvina (1354). Sgouros was a descendant of both Bua (tribe), Bua and Shpata tribes. Shortly before John Spata, Gjin Bua Shpata died on 29 October (1399, according to Nicol; 1400 according to others), he appointed his brother, Skurra, ruler of Naupactus, as his successor as the Despotate of Arta, ''despot'' of Arta. A few days after Skurra took over Arta, Greece, Arta, however, the town was captured by the adventurer Vonko.According to a Greece, Greek monastic chronicle from the Panteleimon monastery (Ioannina), Panteleimon monastery at Ioannina, ''"October 29, on Wednesday (1400), John Shpata, Despot Spatas enters Eternity (dies). Immediately afterwards, h ...
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Despotate Of Arta
The Despotate of Arta (; ) was a despotate established by Albanians, Albanian rulers during the 14th century, after the defeat of the local Despot of Epirus, Nikephoros II Orsini, by Albanian tribesmen in the Battle of Achelous (1359), Battle of Achelous in 1359. The Despotate ceased to exist in 1416, when it passed to Carlo I Tocco.''Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', p. 191''Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', p. 53 History Creation In the late spring of 1359, Nikephoros II Orsini, the last Despotate of Epirus#Rulers of Epirus, despot of Epirus of the Orsini dynasty, fought against the Albanians near river Achelous River, Acheloos, Aetolia. The Albanians won the Battle of Achelous (1359), battle and managed to create two new states in the southern territories of the Despotate of Epirus. Because a number of Albanian lords actively supported the successful Serbian campaign in Thessaly and Epirus, the Serbian Tsar granted them specific regions and offered them the Byzantine title of d ...
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