Empire of Trebizond Timeline

The Fourth Crusade is formed to recapture Jerusalem for Christendom. Instead, the Crusaders attack Constantinople.

Empire of Trebizond is founded by Alexios I Megas Komnenos and his brother David, with help from their aunt, Queen Tamar of Georgia.

The Empire of Trebizond rules along the southern coast of the Black Sea.

Reign of Alexios I Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

An army from the Empire of Nicaea defeats the Empire of Trebizond, marking the latter's furthest point of western expansion.

The Seljuks capture Sinope from the Empire of Trebizond.

Reign of Manuel I Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

Manuel I Megas Komnenos recaptures the city of Sinope for the Empire of Trebizond.

Reign of John I Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

John II Megas Komenos of the Empire of Trebizond formally renounces his claim to the Byzantine Empire.

Reign of Alexios II Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

Trapezuntine Civil War.

Reign of Irene Palaiologina, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

Reign of Anna Anachoutlou, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

Reign of John III Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

Reign of Michael I Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

Reign of Alexios III Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

Ottoman Sultan Murad II besieges Trebizond.

Ottoman forces besiege Trebizond.

Reign of David Megas Komnenos, last ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.

Ottoman forces under Sultan Mehmed II capture Trebizond, ending the Empire of Trebizond.

David Megas Komnenos, the last Emperor of Trebizond, is deposed by the Ottomans.