John Palaiologos (Thessaloniki)

Johannes Palaiologos ( Middle Greek Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος ; * before 1419 in Thessaloniki ; † after 1423) was a Byzantine prince.

Life

John was probably the eldest son of Andronikos Palaiologos , despot and governor of Thessaloniki since 1408 . He was thus a grandson of Emperor Manuel II and Helena Dragaš . Like his father, John also had the title of despot, as evidenced by a document from 1419.

In view of the massive Ottoman threat, Andronikos Palaiologos ceded his Apanage Thessaloniki to the Venetians on September 13, 1423 . Johannes accompanied his father into exile in Mantineia . What became of him after he retired to the monastery is uncertain. In 1428 the new despot of Morea , his uncle Constantine Palaiologos , appointed a John Palaiologos to command the fortresses of Pylos and Ithome .

swell

Pseudo-Sphrantzes, Chronicon Maius 260 (ed.Vasile Grecu, 1966)

literature

Rodolphe Guilland: Recherches sur l'histoire administrative de l'Empire Byzantin: Le despote, δεσπότης. In: Revue des études byzantines. Vol. 17, 1959, ISSN 0766-5598 , pp. 52-89.
Averkios Th. Papadopulos: Attempting a Genealogy of Palaiologists, 1259–1453. Pilger-Druckerei, Munich 1938 (reprinted by Adolf M. Hakkert, Amsterdam 1962), p. 62 no. 94, p. 88-89 no. 164.
Alexander Sideras : New Sources on Andronikos Palaiologos. In: Byzantine Journal . Vol. 80, 1987, pp. 3-15, here: pp. 14 f.
Erich Trapp , Hans-Veit Beyer, Sokrates Kaplaneres: Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit . 9. Fascicle: [Ογουζάλπης] - Πέτκος (= Publications of the Commission for Byzantine Studies . Vol. 1/9). Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-7001-1641-1 .

Remarks

↑ See PLP 9, p. 80.
↑ See Guilland, Recherches , p. 71 f.
↑ See PLP 9, p. 80.
↑ Cf. Papadopulos, Genealogie , p. 62. The presumed identification here with the son of Andronikos is questionable, since he was hardly older than 13 years.

personal data
SURNAME	John Palaiologos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Byzantine despot of Thessaloniki, grandson of Emperor Manuel II.
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1419
PLACE OF BIRTH	Thessaloniki
DATE OF DEATH	after 1423

[1] See PLP 9, p. 80.

[2] See Guilland, Recherches , p. 71 f.

[3] See PLP 9, p. 80.

[4] Cf. Papadopulos, Genealogie , p. 62. The presumed identification here with the son of Andronikos is questionable, since he was hardly older than 13 years.