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[Alkmaion]

A new wedding alliance with Aragon and not some sort of build up in the notes? And why has Agnes not given more monetary support to her brother in exchange for the Albanian inheritance falling to herself and Theodore II. in the case of the death of her brother?

What happened to Manuel Kantakuzenous? He was mentioned in 1356 and 1359, but forgotten after that? A good man for governance and the LD didn´t try to offer him a job?

Seems like the LD has gotten much stricter and less open to talent since the days of Asanes

A pity...

 

[Lascaris]

A new wedding alliance with Aragon and not some sort of build up in the notes? And why has Agnes not given more monetary support to her brother in exchange for the Albanian inheritance falling to herself and Theodore II. in the case of the death of her brother?

Why go in such a roundabout way? If Sicily wanted Albania it has the power to conquer it, no reason to do it by proxy.

What happened to Manuel Kantakuzenous? He was mentioned in 1356 and 1359, but forgotten after that? A good man for governance and the LD didn´t try to offer him a job?

Aside from his daddy the former emperor being still alive, as is his elder brother while two out of the three Byzantine emperors are his nephews? What job you'd give him and how do you ensure he'd stay bought and not strike out for his own? That the man is capable doesn't mean it's a good idea to give him power.

 

[Quinkana]

Aside from his daddy the former emperor being still alive, as is his elder brother while two out of the three Byzantine emperors are his nephews? What job you'd give him and how do you ensure he'd stay bought and not strike out for his own? That the man is capable doesn't mean it's a good idea to give him power.

Despite his danger he still would be useful if managed carefully tho.

And it's not like it wouldn't be cool to see the kantakozenos family survive past ioannis' stint at being emperor...

 

[Alkmaion]

Adrianople, April 1358

Matthew Kantakouzenos marched south to deal with the continuing raiding of Suleiman pasha. It wouldn't go well as his army was surprised and destroyed by Suleiman with Matthew killed on the battlefield. Ottoman raiders would reach all the way to Adrianople following the battle but fail to capture the strongly fortified city itself. But the Byzantines seemed incapable of holding back the Ottomans, the Serbs despite proclamations by Dusan that he was going to campaign against the Serbs were instead focused on the continuing war with Hungary, now entering its third year and the Sicilians between war exhaustion and the diplomatic scuffle between Alexandros II and Ioannis V that had led to the proclamation of Alexandros as basileus were not showing of any signs of being interested of going to war with the Ottomans in support of the empire limiting themselves to vigorously suppressing piracy in the Aegean...

Regarding his older brother: I don´t think so.

In response to the albanian issue: it neatly would vanish the 'Albania claim' from Aragon-Trinakria, ending any possible disruptions by new claimants

 

[goumaister]

In response to the albanian issue: it neatly would vanish the 'Albania claim' from Aragon-Trinakria, ending any possible disruptions by new claimants

Phillip is from Navare not Aragon so no problem there.

 

[Basileus_of_the_Hellenes]

The 1380s map is live!
Some notes:
- Trying to cover every single tiny statelet in Serbia and Italy would take too much time, so I've resorted to mapping the major players that I could find, and labeling the rest of their respective regions as statelets.
- The Genoese are at Tenedos in the Aegean, and Venice has Dyrrachium now.
- Lower Macedonia, Crete, Rhodes, Cyprus have all been integrated into the BSH by now.
- Unsure of the status of the Islands along Dalmatia, whether they go to Hungary/Ragusa or Venice, so I've granted them to their respective Balkan powers.

Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks and Enjoy!