Megalovlachia

The Principality of Great Wallachia after 1265

As Great Vlachia ( Greek Μεγαλοβλαχία ) or Megáli Vlachia Μεγάλη Βλαχία, German Muntenia or Großwlachien, also Ano Vlachia (Άνω Βλαχία, Upper Wallachia) was a region in what is now since the late Middle Ages Greece referred to as the present Thessaly and northern Fthiotida equivalent and since about the 11th century the majority - especially in the mountain regions - was populated by Aromanians . The name sets off the area of ​​Aromanian populated areas in Aetolia-Acarnania , which asLittle Wallachia (Greek Mikri Vlachia Μικρή Βλαχία) were designated.

After the death of Michael II Angelus , the area was spun off  from the Despotate of Epirus under his illegitimate son John I Dukas Komnenus and existed from 1268 to 1318 as an independent principality of Great Wallachia, also Vlachian Thessaly, which became part of the Duchy of Neopatria in 1319 .

Web links

• Asterios Koukoudis: Η Μεγάλη Βλαχία κι η βυζαντινή κοινοπολιτεία (Greek)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The great Ploetz, 32nd edition 1998, Zweiausendeins undated, ISBN 3-86150-412-X
2. ↑ Max Vasmer : The Slaves in Greece, Berlin 1941 ( online )
3. ↑ Review article on the Vlachs in Greece (Greek)
4. ↑ Johannes I. Dukas Komnenos at www.mittelalter-genealogie.de