 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Thessaloniki yakabuda mumaoko eByzantium muna 1204, apo Constantinople yakatorwa neChitatu Chikwata. Thessaloniki nenharaunda yayo yakapoteredza Umambo hweThessaloniki yakava feud yakakura yeHumambo hweLatin, ichifukidza chikamu chikuru chekuchamhembe nechepakati cheGreece. Guta racho rakapiwa namambo Baldwin I kumukwikwidzi wake Boniface weMontferrat, asi rakatorwazve muna 1224 naTheodore Komnenos Doukas, mutongi wechiGiriki weEpirus, uyo akatanga Humambo hweTesaronika. Pashure peHondo yeKlokotnitsamuna 1230, Tsar Ivan Asen II weBulgaria akaita kuti vatongi veTesaronika vave vanhu vake. Guta racho rakava pasi poUmambo hweNicaea muna 1242, apo mutongi waro, John Komnenos Doukas, akarasikirwa nezita rake roumambo, uye rakapindirwa zvizere muna 1246. 