John Chamaretos
Johannes Chamaretos ( Middle Greek Ἰωάννης Χαμάρετος ; † after 1222 in Arta ?) Was a Byzantine despot in the Peloponnese ( Morea ) in the time of the Principality of Achaia .
Life
John was probably a son (or brother) of the Archon of Monemvasia Leon Chamaretos , who in 1201 established a quasi-autonomous rule in Laconia with the center of Lakedaimonia and after the fall of Constantinople in April 1204 with the Latins , namely Gottfried I of Villehardouin , had cooperated. After the capture of Lacedaemonia by Villehardouin (1209), John was able to assert himself as paneutychestates despotes recognized by Nikaia for a few years in Monemvasia against the Franks and the Venetians allied with them ; It is unclear whether Chamaretos was formally dependent on the Crusaders at that time. An intrigue of his father-in-law Georgios Daimonoioannes forced him to flee to the court of the Epirotian ruler , Theodoros I. Komnenos Dukas , where his trace is lost.
swell
- Demetrios Chomatos , Ponemata diaphora 85-88 (ed. Günter Prinzing , CFHB Ser. Berol. Vol. 38, 2002); Synopticon 7, 90-93; 22, 87–98 (ed. Jean-Baptiste Pitra , 1891)
- Niketas Choniates 638 (ed. Jan-Louis van Dieten, CFHB Ser. Berol. Vol. 11, 1975)
literature
- Aneta Ilieva: Frankish Morea, 1205-1262. Socio-cultural Interaction between the Franks and the Local Population (= Historical Monographs . Vol. 9). SD Basilopoulos, Athens 1991, ISBN 960-7100-39-5 , pp. 94, 137-138 and passim .
- Haris A. Kalligas: Monemvasia: A Byzantine City State. Routledge, London / New York NY 2010, ISBN 978-0-415-24880-8 , pp. 26-28.
- Mikhail S. Kordosis: Southern Greece under the Franks (1204-1262). A Study of the Greek Population and the Orthodox Church under the Frankish Dominion. Ioannina 1987.
- Peter Lock: The Franks in the Aegean, 1204-1500 . Pearson / Longman, Harlow 1995, ISBN 0-582-05140-1 .
- Andreas Mazarakis: The Lead Bulla of the Despot Ioannis Chamaretos. In: Jean-Claude Cheynet, Claudia Sode (Ed.): Studies in Byzantine Sigillography. Vol. 11. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027114-0 , pp. 111-118.
- Donald M. Nicol : Refugees, Mixed Population and Local Patriotism in Epiros and Macedonia after the Fourth Crusade. In: Actes du XVe Congrès international d'études byzantines, Athènes Septembre 1976. Vol. 1: Histoire . Athens 1979, pp. 3–33, here: pp. 17–18.
- Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 2: Baanes-Eznik of Kolb . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2008, ISBN 978-2-503-52377-4 , pp. 189-190.
- Teresa Shawcross: The Lost Generation (c. 1204 - c.1222): Political Allegiance and Local Interests under the Impact of the Fourth Crusade . 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. 9–46, here: pp. 24, 28.
- Jonathan Shea: The Late Byzantine City: Social, Economic and Institutional Profile. Diss. University of Birmingham, Birmingham 2010 ( PDF file; 8.1 MB ).
Remarks
- ↑ On the genealogical problem, cf. Shea, Late Byzantine City , pp. 49 f .; Mazarakis, Lead Bulla , p. 114; Lock, Franks , pp. 71 f.
- ↑ See Shea, Late Byzantine City , p. 50 FN 126. The title Chamaretos was possibly from the deposed Emperor Alexios III. awarded after his son-in-law Leon Sguros died in 1208.
- ↑ See Kordosis, Southern Greece , p. 42.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | John Chamaretos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἰωάννης Χαμάρετος (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine despot in the Peloponnese during the Principality of Achaia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Monemvasia |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1222 |
| Place of death | unsure: Arta |