Amadeus sends a Savoyard embassy from Constantinople, …
Years: 1366 - 1366
October
Amadeus sends a Savoyard embassy from Constantinople, to John V, who is apparently at Vidin.
He seems to have asked for armed intervention to free him to return to his capital.
His empress, Helena Kantakouzene, offers the count of Savoy money for a military expedition into Bulgaria, although Amadeus has no warrant from the pope to attack the Bulgarians, fellow Christians albeit schimastics (non-Catholics).
Leaving a contingent behind in Constantinople, the count leads a fleet up the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria on October 4.
In two days they reach the port of "Lorfenal" (l'Orfenal) and then Sozopolis, which was long supposed to have been in imperial hands, but now appears to have belonged to the Bulgars.
No battle takes place, and it is not clear if the city surrendered or was simply bypassed.
The expense accounts of Amadeus VI show him to have been "at Sozopolis" (apud Tisopuli) for 17–19 October, but he may have only camped outside its walls.
He may, however, have captured Burgas.
Locations
People
- Amadeus VI
- Andronikos IV Palaiologos
- Bianca of Savoy
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
- Galeazzo II Visconti
- Gian Galeazzo Visconti
- John II of France
- John V Palaiologos
- Louis I of Hungary
- Marie de Bourbon
- Peter I of Cyprus
- Philip II of Taranto
- Pope Urban V
Groups
- Muslims, Sunni
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
- Cyprus, Kingdom of
- Negroponte, Triarchy of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Egypt and Syria, Mamluk Bahri Sultanate of
- Holy Roman Empire
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Palaiologan dynasty
- Achaea, Principality of
- Savoy, County of
- Comtat Venaissin (Papal enclave)
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Ottoman Empire
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Years: 1366 - 1366
October
Locations
People
- Amadeus VI
- Andronikos IV Palaiologos
- Bianca of Savoy
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
- Galeazzo II Visconti
- Gian Galeazzo Visconti
- John II of France
- John V Palaiologos
- Louis I of Hungary
- Marie de Bourbon
- Peter I of Cyprus
- Philip II of Taranto
- Pope Urban V
Groups
- Muslims, Sunni
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
- Cyprus, Kingdom of
- Negroponte, Triarchy of
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Egypt and Syria, Mamluk Bahri Sultanate of
- Holy Roman Empire
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Palaiologan dynasty
- Achaea, Principality of
- Savoy, County of
- Comtat Venaissin (Papal enclave)
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Ottoman Empire
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions