Andronikos Angelos

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Andronikos Dukas Angelos ( Middle Greek Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος ; † after December 12, 1185) was a Byzantine general and diplomat under the emperors Manuel I , Alexios II and Andronikos I.

Life

Andronikos Dukas Angelos was a son of Admiral Konstantin Angelos and Theodora Komnena , a daughter of Emperor Alexios I and Irene Dukaina . He was thus a nephew of John II and a cousin of Manuel I. Andronikos had six siblings, including the brothers Johannes and Alexios . By 1155 at the latest he was married to Euphrosyne († 1195), daughter (or niece) of Theodoros Kastamonnites , with whom he had six sons ( Konstantin , Johannes , Alexios III. , Theodoros , Andronikos, Isaak II. ) And at least two daughters (Theodora , Irene) .

Under Manuel I, Andronikos Angelos appeared as the imperial ambassador to the Kingdom of Jerusalem and served as a military leader in Asia Minor . In 1176 he was involved in the Battle of Myriokephalon , in which the Byzantine army suffered a momentous defeat against the Seljuk Sultan Kılıç Arslan II .

When Andronikos Komnenos was preparing to end the Latin-friendly reign of the widow of Manuel I, Maria of Antioch , and the Protosebastus Alexios Komnenos in the spring of 1182 , Andronikos Angelos joined the pretender after a defeat of his troops at Charax in Bithynia . Together with Megas Dux Andronikos Kontostephanos , who also defected , he made it possible for him to move into Constantinople .

Andronikos I soon turned out to be a brutal arbitrary ruler who immediately devoted himself to the elimination of possible rivals after the seizure of power. The violent repression against the leading aristocratic families led to a series of uprisings by high-ranking military officials who had made a career under Manuel I. In the spring of 1183 Andronikos Angelos and Andronikos Kontostephanos were accused of conspiring against the emperor. While Kontostephanos was caught and blinded, Andronikos Angelos and his sons were able to flee to Asia Minor (with the exception of Constantine, who was also blinded). Isaak and Theodoros Angelos, together with Theodoros Kantakuzenos, were the leading heads of the rebellion in Nicaia and Prusa , which was suppressed by Andronikos I with military force in the spring of 1184 .

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literature

  • Κωνσταντίνος Βαρζός: Η Γενεαλογία των Κομνηνών (= Βυζαντινά Κείμενα και Μελέται. Τ. 20α , ZDB ID 420491-8 ). Τόμος Α '. Κέντρον Βυζαντινών Ερευνών - ΑΠΘ, Θεσσαλονίκη 1984, pp. 656–662 No. 93.
  • Charles M. Brand: The Byzantines and Saladin 1185-1192, opponents to the Third Crusade . In: Speculum 37, 1962, ISSN  0038-7134 , pp. 167-181.
  • Jean-Claude Cheynet: Pouvoir et contestations à Byzance (963-1210) (= Publications de la Sorbonne. Series Byzantina Sorbonensia. Vol. 9). Reimpression. Publications de la Sorbonne Center de Recherches d'Histoire et de Civilization Byzantines, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-85944-168-5 , pp. 112-113 No. 153, p. 114 No. 155.
  • Jan-Louis van Dieten: Niketas Choniates. Explanations of the speeches and letters together with a biography. (= Supplementa Byzantina . Vol. 2). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1971, ISBN 978-3-11-002290-2 , pp. 14, 90.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ On the dating of the revolt, cf. Brand, Byzantines , pp. 167-169.
personal data
SURNAME Andronikos Angelos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andronikos Dukas Angelos (full name); Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος (Middle Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Byzantine general and diplomat, father of Alexios III. and Isaac II
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1185