quartet of heavily laden galleys sailed away from Naples with Joanna I aboard.
The galleys are heavy because Joanna took with her the remaining silverware ?
Joanna is still the countess of Provence, a not insignificant principality. The link between Provence and Naples is severed and Naples becomes even weaker. With Joanna in Provence, the chances of Otto von Brunswick-Grubenhagen are better than if she had stayed in Naples. If things go as in OTL, Otto will have a lot of influence in Montferrat and almost become the power behind the throne. In that case he will be a valuable ally for Joanna since Montferrat is bordering the last angevin holdings in southern Piedmont.
Abruzzo effectively its own state and the southern provinces of Basilicata, Terra di Bari and Terra di Otranto lost to the Sicilians.
I would expect Camponeschi to form a close relationship with Hungary and/or Sicily to sustain his autonomy from Naples. He could play the loyal bannerman to Louis, "I know you put Gravina on the throne but my loyalty stands with you, the true king" and the useful ally to the Regents in Syracuse. I think it is plausible to seek a royal marriage for his heir, to be seen as a true ruler of Abruzzo.
Charles IV even with Hungarian backing would have his work cut out for him.
On top of everything, Charles will have to deal with the Free Companies as well. Those brigands went after the weaker states and Naples in its current state of demographic collapse and decentralization is the most inviting target. Most of these Free Companies would have been ex-employees of Charles. He got the throne now and Louis won't be paying the salaries of thousands of mercenaries. Rome is in danger as well, worse than Avignon in the previous years. The brigand pestilence lasted a decade in France and caused a lot of damage. If anything, Charles IV is in a weaker position than the French.
What was the demographic impact of the long war on top of the plague?
With peace restored Alexandros would force march south to Preveza and sail away with most of the army while Buas remained behind to make sure Karl Thopia actually held to the peace terms.
Is the OTL Sanjak of Delvina included in Lascarid Epiros? What is its population?
At some point a year or two ago, I had tried to calculate the sipahi cavalry that the Sanjaks of Ioannina and Delvina could provide and I think I had calculated 2,000 men in total. I might be quite wrong though, I cannot find my notes.
while a Sicilian squadron of 22 galleys under Ioannis Gryphon-Maniakes tried to hinder the Venetians while sensibly avoiding battle with the much stronger Venetian squadron
There was some grumbling particularly from the communes in Val di Mazzara and Basilicata but war taxes were voted in...
ryphon would be back in Palermo with 11 Genoese galleys in tow contracted for a period of two years...
So, the Sicilian fleet was 22 galleys before the taxes were voted in. It is fair to assume that the Sicilians won't have spent all their coin on mercenaries since they have reserves of naval manpower. I would bet that the Apulians will be alarmed so they have an even greater motive to man and arm their galleys. So, the summer 1368 fleet will be 33 galleys plus the reserves.
This time, I suppose he might want to capture the island of Euboea in a prelude to the new siege, to completely surround Negroponte.
Last time, the reasoning was that the capture of Chalk is would lead to that of the whole of Euboea, but since it did not quite work the first time, it might be worth revisiting that reasoning this time around.
And 10,000 men is a big army. And he knows there is a venetian fleet in the Aegean, so he would be expecting some relief operation. With so many men, he doesn't need a fleet of his own to capture the city. He can built fortifications and blockade access to the city. The north channel is 300m wide beyond the city's walls. The southern channel where there is a modern bridge, it is 185m wide. If he builds earthworks to protect his men, catapults and crossbowmen on both sides can stop cold a galley fleet. Now he has enough men for such approach.
Peter I of Cyprus looked in some distaste the 2,000 Turkish mercenaries the Venetians had brought into the island. But while tempted to act independently his defeat at Chios last year was a pointed reminder that he could not and should not do so. After all even though he had armed 4 galleys of his own this year and the knights 5 more both were entirely dependent on the Venetians at sea.
At this point, the Karamanids would have attacked Corycos on the cilician shore and with basically all the army and ships of Cyprus away, they would have captured it. That would be a major prestige blow to Peter. The garrison of Antalya will have mutinied as well and the Venetians might have picked up the tab and paid his garrison there. So, while the infidels are taking his outpost and showing that he cannot protect his subjects, he is forced to be effectively a mercenary captain fighting side by side with infidels.
If it is the same Peter as in OTL, then he is a proud and ambitious man. His pride can be seen in the negotiations after his Alexandrian Raid. He was also heavily invested in trade and in the negotiation with the Mamluks, a great deal of the terms involved trade regulation. He was man who sought wealth, be it from plunder or trade. While he is being paid by the Venetians, it is difficult to fathom how he is making money from raiding a few villages. And Rhodes belonged to the Hospitallers, so
excessive plunder is unlikely.
Overall, Peter will be a profoundly unhappy man.
Mariano occupied the last pro-Aragonese strongholds, including Sassari in 1370, and at the same time he sent an embassy to Avignon, to ask the Pope to act as mediator in his " dispute" with Aragon ( with the support of illustrious figures of the time such as Catherine of Siena and various prelates ) even if technically the real balance in the conflict will be the Doria family, who are the second most important landowners in Sardinia ( after Mariano himself ) and control a large part of the eastern territories of the old Giudicato of Torres
I think it is plausible to see an independent Sardinia in TTL. After the Cretan War, it is in Sicily's interest to have a buffer between them and the Aragonese, so the Judges of Arborea can be natural allies.