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Byzantine Nobility
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Decline and Fragmentation (13th–15th Centuries)
The Fourth Crusade (1204) irrevocably shattered the established order. Many noble families were killed, captured, or scattered. Those who survived to establish the successor states—Nicaea, Trebizond, and Epirus- often had to radically redefine their aristocratic claims, relying more heavily on military prowess and less on inherited court precedence due to the loss of the central bureaucratic apparatus.
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Fourth Crusade
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| Empire of Nicaea | Nicaea | Komnenos-Laskarid | Successfully recaptured Constantinople in 1261. |
| Despotate of Epirus | Arta | Doukas | Remained independent until Ottoman subjugation in the 15th century. |
| Empire of Trebizond | Trebizond | [Komnenoi (offshoot)](/entries…