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1202 - 1204The Fourth Crusade is formed to recapture Jerusalem for Christendom. Instead, the Crusaders attack Constantinople.
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1204Empire of Trebizond is founded by Alexios I Megas Komnenos and his brother David, with help from their aunt, Queen Tamar of Georgia.
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1204 - 1461The Empire of Trebizond rules along the southern coast of the Black Sea.
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1204 - 1222Reign of Alexios I Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1214An army from the Empire of Nicaea defeats the Empire of Trebizond, marking the latter's furthest point of western expansion.
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1214The Seljuks capture Sinope from the Empire of Trebizond.
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1238 - 1263Reign of Manuel I Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1254Manuel I Megas Komnenos recaptures the city of Sinope for the Empire of Trebizond.
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1280 - 1297Reign of John I Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1282John II Megas Komenos of the Empire of Trebizond formally renounces his claim to the Byzantine Empire.
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1297 - 1330Reign of Alexios II Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1340 - 1349Trapezuntine Civil War.
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1340 - 1341Reign of Irene Palaiologina, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1341 - 1342Reign of Anna Anachoutlou, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1342 - 1344Reign of John III Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1344 - 1349Reign of Michael I Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1349 - 1390Reign of Alexios III Megas Komnenos, ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1442Ottoman Sultan Murad II besieges Trebizond.
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1456Ottoman forces besiege Trebizond.
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1460 - 1461Reign of David Megas Komnenos, last ruler of the Empire of Trebizond.
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1461Ottoman forces under Sultan Mehmed II capture Trebizond, ending the Empire of Trebizond.
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1461David Megas Komnenos, the last Emperor of Trebizond, is deposed by the Ottomans.
