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305:Γρηγόριος Πρεάλιμπος
300:Grēgorios Prealimbos
577:as Serbian governor
277:Despotate of Epirus
458:Ferjančić, Božidar
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315:Πρελούμπος
310:Preloumbos
205:Byzantines
199:governor,
57:Allegiance
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162:Macedonia
156:Biography
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132:Thessaly
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