 However, the initial Nicaean conquest proved short-lived.A pro-Epirote revolt erupted in the region in 1257, and the Capetian ruler Charles of Anjou, having landed in Vlora in 1269, proclaimed himself king of the "Regnum Albaniae" ("Kingdom of Albania") in 1272.Arbanon extended over the modern districts of central Albania, with the capital at Kruja.