The year before his death, he won a major victory at Berat, after which his chief rival made peace with Venice, forcing him to make a deal with Peter 
The year before his death, he won a major victory at Berat, after which his chief rival made peace with Venice, forcing him to make a deal with Peter of Aragon. That chief rival had earlier annoyed him by proclaiming himself King of Albania, having used the Treaty of Viterbo to assume Baldwin II's claims against this man's empire. At the Council of Lyon, this man accepted the authority of the Pope, but his nation returned to the Orthodox fold less than a decade later under his son, Andronicus II. For ten points, name this ruler opposed to Charles of Anjou, and who, from 1261 to 1282, ruled the Byzantine Empire as the greatest of the Paleologi.
The year before his death, he won a major victory at Berat, after which his chief rival made peace with Venice, forcing him to make a deal with Peter of Aragon.
{Michael VIII}