Andronikos II (Trebizond)

Andronikos II. Komnenos (* around 1240 , † 1266 ) was Emperor and Grand Comnene of Trebizond from 1263 to 1266 .

Life

Andronikos was a son of the Trapezuntian emperor Manuel I from his first marriage to the noblewoman Anna Xylaloe . In 1263 he succeeded his father to the throne.

During his brief reign, Trebizond flourished as a major and well-known trading center. This can also be seen from the fact that during these years traders from distant Marseilles visited Trebizond and on this occasion brought Andronikos a message from Charles of Anjou , a member of the French royal family .

In Andronikos' reign, the important city of Sinope was again lost to the Seljuks , which had only been regained for the Comnenes under Manuel I. With this, their last hope of winning the throne of the Empire of Constantinople for themselves vanished . There was therefore no longer any attempt to influence internal affairs there. On the occasion of the death of the Mongol ruler Hülegü in 1265, Andronikos succeeded in shedding the vassal relationship that had bound Trebizond to the Mongols since his father's time .

Andronikos died in 1266. He was inherited by his half-brother Georg .

literature

• Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 1: Aaron - Azarethes . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2007, ISBN 978-2-503-52303-3 , pp. 246-247.

predecessor	Office	successor
Manuel I.	Emperor of Trebizond 1263–1266	George