 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1340s, kushandisa hondo yevagari vemo yeByzantine, mambo weSerbia Stefan Uroš IV Dušan akakunda Epirus ndokuisanganisa muumambo hwake hweSerbia. Munguva iyi, nyika mbiri dzeAlbania dzakaumbwa munharaunda yacho. Muzhizha ra1358, Nikephoros II Orsini, mutongi wokupedzisira weEpirus wedzinza raOrsini, akakundwa muhondo nevakuru vakuru veAlbania. Zvichitevera kubvumidzwa kwaMambo weSerbia, vatungamiriri ava vakagadza nyika mbiri nyowani mudunhu iri, iyo Despotate yeArta uye Principality yeGjirokastër. Kusanzwisisana kwemukati uye kunetsana kwakatevedzana nevavakidzani vavo, kusanganisira simba riri kukura reOttoman Turks, zvakatungamira kudonha kweaya madzimambo eAlbania kumhuri yeTocco. Vanhu veTocco vakazotanga kuiswa mumaoko evaOttoman, avo vakatora Ioannina muna 1430, Arta muna 1449, Angelokastron muna 1460, uye pakupedzisira Vonitsa muna 1479. 