Johannes Palaiologos-Komnenos

Johannes Palaiologos-Komnenos ( Middle Greek Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος Κομνηνός ; * around 1292; † 1327 in Skopje ) was a prince of Byzantium from the family of palaeologists and leader of a rebellion against the Byzantine Empire .

Life

Johannes Palaiologos was the only son of Constantine Palaiologos Porphyrogennetos (son of Emperor Michael VIII. Palaiologos ) and Irene Raulaina, the daughter of Protobestiarios Johannes Komnenos Doukas Angelos Petraliphas Raul and his wife Theodora Palaiologina Komnene Kantakouzene.

Johannes Palaiologos-Komnenos became Panhypersebastus and Despot of Macedonia in 1305/1306 . In 1320 he intervened in the war of his uncle Andronikos II against his grandson Andronikos III. and was granted the title of Kaisar as a pretender to the throne in 1326 . As governor of Thessaly-Thessaloniki , John Palaiologos renounced the Byzantine Empire in 1326 and declared the independence of his province. His two sons, who were in command of the important fortresses Melnik and Strumica on the Serbian border, supported the rebellion.

Johannes tried an alliance with the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III. Dečanski , however, suddenly died shortly after his arrival at the Serbian court in Skopje .

He was married to Irene, the daughter of the Grand Logothete Theodoros Metochites . Johannes and Irene's daughter Maria Palaiologina was the wife of King Stefan Uroš III from November 1, 1325 to August 31, 1326. Dečanski Queen of Serbia.

literature

• Ruth Macrides, Joseph A. Munitiz, Dimiter Angelov: Pseudo-Kodinos and the Constantinopolitan Court: Offices and Ceremonies. (= Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies . Vol. 15). Ashgate, Farnham 2013, ISBN 978-0-7546-6752-0 , pp. 319-320.
• John J. Norwich : Byzantium. Decay and Fall, 1072–1453. License issue. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-0374-6 .

Web links

• Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Byzantium 1261-1453