Principality of Theodoro

Lordship of the city of Theodoro and the Maritime Region
Αὐθεντία πόλεως Θεοδωροῦς καὶ παραθαλασσίας
Early 14th century–1475
Coat of arms of Theodoro
Coat of arms
Crimea in the middle of the 15th century.
  Theodoro shown in green
StatusPrincipality
CapitalMangup (Doros, Theodoro)
Common languagesGreek (official), also Crimean Gothic, Kipchak and others
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy
GovernmentMonarchy
Prince 
• 1475
Alexander of Theodoro
Historical eraLate Middle Ages
• First mention of the principality
Early 14th century
• Ottoman conquest
1475
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Empire of Trebizond
Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate

The Principality of Theodoro (Greek: Αὐθεντία πόλεως Θεοδωροῦς καὶ παραθαλασσίας), also known as Gothia (Γοτθία) or the Principality of Theodoro-Mangup,[1] was a Greek principality in the southern part of Crimea, specifically on the foothills of the Crimean Mountains.[2] It represented the last territorial vestige of the Crimean Goths until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire by the Ottoman Gedik Ahmed Pasha in 1475. Its capital was Doros, also sometimes called Theodoro and now known as Mangup. The state was closely allied with the Empire of Trebizond.

  1. ^ Kołodziejczyk (2011), p. 21.
  2. ^ Khvalkov (2017), p. [page needed]. "Thus it was the base for all the Genoese wars with the principality of Theodoro, a Greek state on the foothill of the Crimean Mountains."