Andronikos Nestongos

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Andronikos Dukas Nestongos ( Middle Greek Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Νεστόγγος ; † after 1225) was a usurper against the Nicean emperor John III. Dukas Batatzes

Life

Andronikos Nestongos was a member of the Nestongoi family , which first appears in Byzantine sources in the 11th century. His mother, who is not known by name, was a daughter of Isaac Dukas Angelos , whose mother Theodora Komnena was the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Dukaina . After the conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders in April 1204, the family emigrated to Bithynia along with other important aristocratic families . In the empire of Nikaia they soon assumed leading positions in the administration.

Little is known about the childhood and youth of Andronikos and his brother Isaac . After their cousin Johannes Dukas Batatzes succeeded his father-in-law Theodor I Laskaris in 1221 (or 1222) , they made their own claims to power based on their descent - similar to the Laskarid brothers Alexios and Isaak shortly before . With the support of a considerable number of Byzantine aristocrats, including the megas hetereiarches Flamulis and the Dux of the theme Thracesian Theme , Makrenos , instigated the Nestongoi brothers end 1224 or early 1225 a conspiracy with the aim of Andronikos to the throne to bring. John III, who fought against the Latins at the Dardanelles , learned of the plot. After having destroyed his ships lying in the port of Lampsakos , he moved with his troops to Achyraos and had the rebels captured without any major battle.

Andronikos Nestongos and his accomplices were charged with treason , but got away with comparatively mild sentences. In contrast to his brother Isaac, who was blinded and mutilated, the emperor not only left him physically intact, but also quietly ensured that he was able to escape from custody after a short time and flee to the Sultanate of the Rum Seljuks . When and by what circumstances Andronikos died is unknown.

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literature

  • Dimiter Angelov: Imperial Ideology and Political Thought in Byzantium, 1204-1330 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-85703-1 , pp. 120, 122.
  • Michael Angold: A Byzantine Government in Exile. Government and Society under the Laskarids of Nicaea, 1204-1261 . Oxford University Press, London 1975, ISBN 0-19-821854-0 .
  • Κωνσταντίνος Βαρζός: Η Γενεαλογία των Κομνηνών. Τόμος Β ' (= Βυζαντινά Κείμενα και Μελέται. Τ. 20β , ISSN  1106-6180 ). Κέντρο Βυζαντινών Ερευνών - ΑΠΘ, Θεσσαλονίκη 1984 ( PDF file; 45.5 MB ), p. 885 No. 276.
  • Jean-Claude Cheynet: Les Nestongoi, an example d'assimilation réussie. In: Jean-Claude Cheynet: La société byzantine. L'apport des sceaux (= Bilans de recherche . Vol. 3). Association des amis du Center d'histoire et civilization de Byzance, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-916716-16-9 , pp. 599-607.
  • Alexander P. Kazhdan (Ed.): The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium . Oxford University Press, New York NY 1991, ISBN 0-19-504652-8 , p. 1459.
  • Dimitri Korobeinikov: Byzantium and the Turks in the Thirteenth Century. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870826-1 , p. 64.
  • Demetrios I. Polemis: The Doukai. A Contribution to Byzantine Prosopography (= University of London Historical Studies. Vol. 22, ISSN  0076-0692 ). Athlone Press, London 1968, p. 151.
  • Vincent Puech: The Aristocracy and the Empire of Nicaea . In: Judith Herrin, Guillaume Saint-Guillain (Ed.): Identities and Allegiances in the Eastern Mediterranean After 1204. Ashgate, Farnham 2011, ISBN 978-1-4094-1098-0 , pp. 69–80, here: pp. 72.
  • Alexis GC Savvides: Internal Strife and Unrest in Later Byzantium, XIth – XIIIth Centuries (AD 1025–1261). The Case of Urban and Provincial Insurrections (Causes and Effects). In: Σύμμεικτα ΚΒΕ / ΕΙΕ. Vol. 7, 1987, ISSN  1105-1639 , pp. 237-273, here: p. 273.
  • Αλέξης Γ. Κ. Σαββίδης: Βυζαντινά στασιαστικά και αυτονομιστικά κινήματα στα Δωδεκάνησα και τη Μικρά Ασία , 1189-1240 μ.Χ .: Συμβολή στη μελέτη της υστεροβυζαντινής προσωπογραφίας και τοπογραφίας την εποχή των Αγγέλων , των Λασκαρίδων της Νίκαιας και των Μεγαλοκομνηνών του Πόντου . Δόμος, Αθήνα 1987, pp. 232-245.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ See Korobeinikov, Byzantium and the Turks , p. 64.
personal data
SURNAME Andronikos Nestongos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andronikos Dukas Nestongos (full name); Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Νεστόγγος (Middle Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Byzantine aristocrat, usurper against Emperor John III.
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1225