Durrës Expedition
| Durrës Expedition Ekspedita e Durrësit | |||||||||
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| Part of Albanian-Anjou Conflict | |||||||||
Model of Durrës Castle during the Middle Ages | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Principality of Albania | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Karl Thopia |
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| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown |
500 lances 500 mounted archers (The largest single recruitment effort, but not the core or majority of the force, for both 500 lances and 500 mounted archers) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
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The Durrës Expedition (Albanian: Ekspedita e Durrësit) was an invasion of the Principality of Albania—led by Karl Thopia—by the Navarrese Company, under the command of Louis of Évreux. Louis hired the Navarrese Company to support him in reclaiming his newly acquired rights over the city of Durrës and overall the Kingdom of Albania, inherited through his marriage to Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo. While details of the expedition are scarce, Louis succeeded in occupying Durrës and ousting Thopia in 1376. However, he died shortly thereafter, rendering his contract with the Navarrese Company void. The mercenaries relocated to Morea under new leadership, leaving Durrës a contested city until another invasion by Thopia in 1383, which led to the final disestablishment of the Kingdom of Albania.