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Gregorios Kamonas (?) was a Greek-Albanian lord who ruled the Principality of Arbanon after . Demetrios Chomatenos (1216–1236) mentioned him as having the title of '' sebastos'', given to him by the emperor Alexios III Angelos after 1205, during his stay in the
Despotate of Epirus The Despotate of Epirus () was one of the Greek Rump state, successor states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty. It claimed to be the legitimate successor of the ...
at the court of his nephew Michael I Komnenos Doukas. He first married the daughter of Gjin Progoni, then married Serbian princess Komnena Nemanjić, the daughter of King Stefan Nemanjić and widow of Dimitri Progoni, thus inheriting the rule of Arbanon. He strengthened ties with Serbia and secured Arbanon through an Orthodox alliance. He had a daughter together with Komnena, who married Golem of Kruja, the next lord of Kruje.


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* History of Albania * Monarchs of Albania Year of birth unknown 13th-century deaths 13th-century monarchs in Europe 13th-century Byzantine people 13th-century Albanian people 13th-century Greek people Medieval Albanian nobility Sebastoi Albanian monarchs {{Albania-noble-stub