Bela or Vela (Greek: Βελά) was a medieval fortress town and bishopric in Epirus, northwestern Greece. Bela is located near the site of the modern Vella...

Bulgaria Bela, Varaždin County, a village in Croatia Bělá (disambiguation), places in the Czech Republic River Bela, in Cumbria, England Bela (Epirus), a medieval...

the Greek region of Epirus, with Gjirokastër the largest city in the Albanian part of Epirus. A rugged and mountainous region, Epirus was the north-west...

stratou Epibatai Epiphanius, Patriarch of Constantinople Epirus Epirus, Despotate of Epirus, Despot of Episkepsis Erard I of Aulnay Eraric Ernest Mamboury...

Philip of Taranto by Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus. In the revolt of Epirus in 1338/39 against the Byzantine emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos...

political alliance against Theodore Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus. Andrew II and his heir Béla escorted Robert until the Bulgarian border. There Robert...

Μπιζανίου, Máchi tou Bizaníou; Turkish: Bizani Muharebesi) took place in Epirus on 4–6 March [O.S. 19–21 February] 1913. The battle was fought between Greek...

of Epirus invaded Bulgaria shortly after Michael's ascension. Vatatzes captured the Bulgarian fortresses along the river Vardar; Michael of Epirus took...

of Aetolia-Acarnania and most of Epirus up to Buthrotum. In Late Antiquity, this corresponded to the province of Epirus vetus, but also included Aetolia...

to Poland over the Via Egnatia across the Slavic-speaking countries of "Epirus, Thrace, Dalmatia, Croatia, Istria." When Jasiński compared the Chronicle...

over most of the lands accorded to them in Epirus, and possession of Vagenetia passed to the Despotate of Epirus, where it is attested as a separate province...

appanages by princes bearing the title of despot; most notably the Despotate of Epirus, the Despotate of the Morea, the Despotate of Dobruja and the Serbian Despotate...

Adriatic region as well as in those regions located north of Macedonia and Epirus. Older Pan-Illyrian theories which emerged in the 1920s placed the proto-Illyrians...

rule the Byzantine Empire in 1185–1204 and found and rule the Despotate of Epirus (1205–1318) and the Empire of Thessalonica (1224–1242/46). Constantine was...

tyrant of Syracuse was murdered with a poisoned toothpick.: 104  Pyrrhus of Epirus 272 BC During the Battle of Argos, Pyrrhus was fighting a Macedonian soldier...

Constantinople by land, he was captured by Theodore Komnenos Doukas, the ruler of Epirus, and spent the remainder of his life imprisoned. Yolanda however reached...

was spoken in a vast area, including northern Greece (Acarnania, Aetolia, Epirus, western and eastern Locris, Phocis, Doris, and possibly ancient Macedonia)...

reaching Epirus. The Latin barons elected his brother-in-law, Peter of Courtenay, as his successor, but he was captured and killed in Epirus during his...

a small Kingdom of Albania for himself, out of previously Despotate of Epirus territory; he was well received by local chiefs. Charles was driven out...

and laid claims to the Byzantine throne, along with the Angelos family of Epirus and the Komnenoi of Trebizond. The Byzantine Greek population of Asia Minor...

Kouros Sites), South Aegean Necromanteion of Acheron, Epirus Nemea, Peloponnese Nicopolis, Epirus Nymphasia, Peloponnese Oiniades, West Greece Olous, Crete...

This prompted Bela to send a letter to Duke Frederick of Austria asking for help. Frederick had previously wanted Bela's throne, but Bela responded by...

music of ancient Greece Greek traditional music and polyphonic songs from Epirus in northwest Greece Music of southern Albania Folk songs of peoples of the...

King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania. She was sister of king Béla IV and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Her grandmother was Agnes of Antioch from...

family. Early in his reign, his army invaded Severin, Hungary which outraged Béla IV; this led Hungarian troops to capture Vidin, an important town of the...

quotation to verify] The estimated number of Cham Albanians expelled from Epirus mostly to Albania varies from 14,000 to 30,000. Cham reports raise this...

but the new Emperor was captured on his eastward journey by the despot of Epirus, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, and died in confinement. In July 1216, Honorius...

Vlahía) in southern Macedonia, Albania and Epirus Magna Vlachia in southern Macedonia, Albania and Epirus Stari Vlah ("the Old Vlach"), a region in southwestern...

year later, however, Andronikos refused to take the oath of allegiance to Béla of Hungary, whom Manuel desired to become his successor. Andronikos was removed...

9 March – Victory for the Second Bulgarian Empire over the Despotate of Epirus. Siege of Dun Beal Gallimhe Week-long inconclusive battle between the Irish...