The Lordship of Salona, after 1318 the County of Salona, was a Crusader state established after the

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(1204) in

Central Greece Continental Greece ( el, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly , ''Chérsos Ellás''), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central ...

, around the town of Salona (modern

Amfissa Amfissa ( el, Άμφισσα , also mentioned in classical sources as Amphissa) is a town in Phocis, Greece, part of the municipality of Delphi, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 315.174 km2. It l ...

, known in

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as ''La Sole'' and

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as ''La Sola'').

History

The first lord of Salona,

Thomas I d'Autremencourt Thomas I d'Autremencourt, commonly misspelled de Stromoncourt, was the first Lord of Salona (modern Amfissa) in Central Greece. A knight from Autremencourt in Picardy, he was given Salona as a fief by Boniface of Montferrat, King of Thessalonica, ...

(or de Stromoncourt), was named by

Boniface of Montferrat Boniface I, usually known as Boniface of Montferrat ( it, Bonifacio del Monferrato, link=no; el, Βονιφάτιος Μομφερρατικός, ''Vonifatios Momferratikos'') (c. 1150 – 4 September 1207), was the ninth Marquis of Montferrat ( ...

, the King of Thessalonica, in 1205. After the fall of the Thessalonica to the forces of

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, and a short-lived Epirote occupation in c. 1210–1212, Salona became a vassal of the

Principality of Achaea The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom ...

, but later came under increasing dependency from the

Duchy of Athens The Duchy of Athens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, ''Doukaton Athinon''; Catalan: ''Ducat d'Atenes'') was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the Byzantine Empire during the Fourth Crusade as part of th ...

. In 1318, the lordship came under the rule of the

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Fadrique family, the leader of the

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, who claimed the title of

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of Salona. Among the eighteen Catalan vassals of the area in 1380-1 the Count of Salona ranks first above Count Demitre and the Margrave of Bodonitsa. Due to the unpopularity of the Dowager Countess Helena Asanina Kantakouzene, in 1394, the town opened its gates to the Ottoman sultan

Bayezid I Bayezid I ( ota, بايزيد اول, tr, I. Bayezid), also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt ( ota, link=no, یلدیرم بايزيد, tr, Yıldırım Bayezid, link=no; – 8 March 1403) was the Ottoman Sultan from 1389 to 1402. He adopted ...

. It fell for a short time into the hands of the Despotate of the Morea c. 1402. The Despot Theodore I Palaiologos sold Salona to the

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in 1404, but it fell again to the Ottomans in 1410.

Rulers

;d'Autremencourt/de Stromoncourt family *

(r. 1205–1210) * Thomas II d'Autremencourt (r. 1212–1258), son of Thomas I * William d'Autremencourt (r. 1258–1294), son of Thomas II *

Thomas III d'Autremencourt Thomas III d'Autremencourt or de Stromoncourt (died 15 March 1311) was the fourth Lord of Salona (modern Amfissa) in Central Greece, and the last of his family. He ruled his domain from 1294 until his death in the Battle of the Cephissus against th ...

(r. 1294–1311), son of William, killed at the Battle of the Cephissus ;Catalan Conquest *

Roger Deslaur Roger Deslaur or Desllor, a knight from Roussillon in the service of Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens, was one of the few men to survive the bloody Battle of Halmyros on 15 March 1311. Captured by the Catalan Company, he accepted the post of r ...

(r. 1311–1318) *

Alfonso Fadrique Don Alfonso Fadrique ( en, Alfonso Frederick; ca, N'Anfós Frederic d'Aragó; died 1338) was the eldest and illegitimate son of Frederick II of Sicily. He served as vicar generalHe is referred to with the magniloquent title ''magnificus dominus ...

(r. 1318–1338) * Peter Fadrique (r. 1338–1350/55), eldest son of Alfonso *

James Fadrique James Fadrique was a Catalan Company, Catalan nobleman who became Count of Salona, as well as Lord of various other towns in Central Greece from ca. 1355 until his death in 1366. Biography James was a son of Alfonso Fadrique, vicar-general of Duch ...

(r. c. 1355–1366), second son of Alfonso *

Boniface Fadrique Boniface Fadrique was a Catalan nobleman active in Central Greece as lord of Karystos from 1359 until 1365 and then as Count of Salona and owner of various other fiefs in the Duchy of Athens from 1366 until his defeat in a conflict with his neph ...

(r. 1366–c. 1375), brother of James * Louis Fadrique (r. c. 1375–1380/81), son of James ;Navarrese Conquest (1380) * Maria Fadrique (r. 1382–1394), daughter of Louis, under the regency of her mother, Helena Asanina Kantakouzene ; First Ottoman conquest (1394 – c. 1402) ; Byzantine Moreot conquest (1402–1404) ; Knights Hospitaller (1404–1410) ; Second Ottoman conquest (1410)

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Salona Salona ( grc, Σάλωνα) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. Salona is located in the modern town of Solin, next to Split, in Croatia. Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in t ...

Duchy of Athens Knights Hospitaller States and territories disestablished in the 1410s Former principalities

History

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