John Petraliphas

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Johannes Petraliphas (also Petraloifas , Middle Greek Ἰωάννης Πετραλίφας ) (* before 1185; † after 1224 in Servia ?) Was a Byzantine aristocrat during the Fourth Crusade .

Life

John was a member of the Petraliphas family , which originally came from Italy . The hagiography of his daughter, the Holy Theodora of Arta , according to that he was with Helena married to an unspecified noble family from Konstantin Opel belonged. Besides Theodora, two other children are known by name, Theodoros and Maria (possibly the future wife of the Bulgarian Boljar Alexios ).

After Isaac Angelos overthrew Andronikos I, the last Komnenenkaiser, on September 11th, 1185 and assumed rule in Constantinople himself as Isaac II , he allegedly bestowed Johannes Petraliphas the high title of Sebastokrator (Vice Emperor), which was actually reserved for direct members of the imperial family . On an imperial mandate, he administered the provinces of Thessaly and Macedonia as governor . Regardless of these privileges, Petraliphas was one of the conspirators who in April 1195 Alexios III. supported the coup against his imperial brother.

In April 1204 Constantinople was conquered by the Crusaders and the ruling dynasty of the Angeloi was driven out. Johannes Petraliphas later sided with the "despot" of Epirus , Theodoros I Komnenos Dukas , who was married to his sister Maria Petraliphaina . He died at an unknown time between 1224 and 1230, presumably in Servia , the birthplace of his daughter Theodora.

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literature

  • Alexander P. Kazhdan (Ed.): The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium . Volume 2. Oxford University Press, New York NY et al. 1991, ISBN 0-19-504652-8 , p. 1643.
  • Ruth Macrides: George Akropolites. The History. Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-921067-1 , pp. 172-176 and passim .
  • Donald M. Nicol : The Despotate of Epiros. Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1957, p. 215.
  • Alicia Simpson: Niketas Choniates. A Historiographical Study . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013, ISBN 978-0-19-967071-0 , p. 183.
  • Alice-Mary Talbot (Ed.): Holy Women of Byzantium. Ten Saints 'Lives in English Translation (= Byzantine Saints' Lives in Translation. Vol. 1). Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington DC 1996, ISBN 0-88-402241-2 , pp. 323-333.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Donald Nicol and Demetrios Polemis hold the 1237 as Megas Chartularios in the service of the Nicene Emperor John III. mentioned John Petraliphas as identical, but this equation is largely rejected by research. See ODB, p. 1643.
personal data
SURNAME John Petraliphas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johannes Petraloifas; Ἰωάννης Πετραλίφας (Middle Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Byzantine Sebastocrator, father of Saint Theodora of Arta
DATE OF BIRTH before 1185
DATE OF DEATH after 1224
Place of death unsure: Servia