Johannes Dukas Batatzes (nephew of Johannes III)
Johannes Dukas Batatzes ( Middle Greek Ἰωάννης Δούκας Βατάτζης ; * around 1215; † 1240 ) was a Byzantine aristocrat in the Empire of Nikaia and nephew of the eponymous emperor John III. Dukas Batatzes
Life
Johannes was a member of the prestigious Batatzes family of officers who provided three Byzantine emperors in the 13th century . He was the son of the Sebastokrator Isaak Dukas Batatzes and had a sister whose name was unknown. His wife Eudokia Angelina was the daughter of Megas Primikerios and Dux of Thrakesion Johannes Komnenos Angelos .
Little is known about Johannes' childhood and youth. After his uncle in 1221 (or 1222) as John III. Having ascended the throne in Nikaia , he was promoted to the circle of the highest dignitaries at court. According to a seal dated to the 13th century, like his father, he was sebastocrator. Johannes died in 1240 at the young age of about 25. His daughter Theodora († 1303), born in the same year, married the future emperor Michael Palaiologos in 1253 .
swell
- Georgios Akropolites 51 (ed. Peter Wirth , transl. Wilhelm Blum, BGL Vol. 28, 1989)
- Ephraim von Ainos 355 (ed.Immanuel Bekker , CSHB Vol. 21, 1840)
literature
- Deno John Geanakoplos: Emperor Michael Palaeologus and the West 1258-1282. A Study in Byzantine-Latin Relations. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1959, p. 86.
- Erich Trapp , Rainer Walther, Hans-Veit Beyer: Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit . 3rd fascicle: Δ ... - Ἡσύχιος (= publications of the Commission for Byzantine Studies . Vol. 1/3). Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0276-3 , p. 67.
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| SURNAME | Johannes Dukas Batatzes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johannes Dukas Vatatzes; Ἰωάννης Δούκας Βατάτζης (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine aristocrat, nephew of Emperor John III. and father-in-law of Emperor Michael VIII. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1215 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1240 |