Andronikos Komnenos (Despot in Trebizond)
Andronikos Komnenos ( Middle Greek Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός ; * November 1355 in Trebizond ; † March 14, 1376 ibid) was a prince in the Empire of Trebizond .
Life
Andronikos was an illegitimate son of the Trapezuntian emperor Alexios III. Komnenos and a mistress not known by name . He had seven legitimate half-siblings; the later emperor Manuel III. was his younger half-brother. Shortly after he was born, the prince was given the title of despot . Around 1375/76 he was with Gulkhan-Eudokia , a daughter of the Georgian King David IX. , married (or engaged).
On March 14, 1376 Andronikos had a fatal accident in a fall window from the palace; he was buried in the "Theoskepastos" . His widow married the heir to the throne Manuel.
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- Michael Panaretos 72 (ed. Odysseus Lampsides, 1958)
literature
- Божидар Ферјанчић: Деспоти у Византији и Јужнословенским земљама (= Посебна издашња . Vol. 336; Византо . Српска академија наука и уметности, Београд 1960.
- William Miller : Trebizond. The last Greek Empire. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London 1926 (reprint: AM Hakkert, Amsterdam 1968).
- Erich Trapp , Rainer Walther, Hans-Veit Beyer: Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit . 5. Fascicle: Κ ... - Κομνηνούτζικος (= Publications of the Commission for Byzantine Studies . Volume 1/5). Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-7001-0330-1 , p. 225, no.12086.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andronikos Komnenos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Trapezuntian prince, son of Emperor Alexios III. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between November 1, 1355 and November 30, 1355 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trebizond |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1376 |
| Place of death | Trebizond |