Leon Melissenus
Leon Melissenus ( Middle Greek Λέον Μελισσηνός ) was an alleged Byzantine Sebastocrator in the late 14th century.
Leon Melissenos is listed in a notarized genealogy of the Melissenoi family branch on Kefalonia , which was published in 1811. As a result, he was a descendant of the general Nikephoros Melissenos , brother-in-law of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos . His son Nikephoros , called Melissurgos , who died in 1429 , is said to have had large estates in Messenia . His son (and grandson of Leon) Nikolaos is in the conquest of Constantinople Opel (1453) by the Ottomans first to Corfu and from there to Crete fled, where he priest had become; Tamara Sphrantze's wife was kidnapped by the Turks and died a few years later in a harem .
A family list of the Melissenoi compiled between 1571 and 1585 by the former Metropolitan of Monemvasia and author of the Chronicon Maius , Makarios Melissenos - who was also called Melissurgos before his Neapolitan exile - is now generally considered a forgery . No contemporary sources are known that provide information about the alleged sebastokrator .
literature
- Alexander P. Kazhdan (Ed.): The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium . Oxford University Press, New York NY 1991, ISBN 0-19-504652-8 , pp. 1319-1320.
- Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza: Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople. 2nd Edition. Self-published, Paris 1999, ISBN 904747 , OCLC 185257258 .
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Remarks
- ↑ Cf. Sturdza, Dictionnaire , p. 344, who does not want to reject these kinship relationships as fictitious "in this particular case" from the outset.
- ↑ See ODB , p. 1335 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leon Melissenus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Λέον Μελισσηνός (Middle Greek); Leo Melissenus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | alleged Byzantine sebastocrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th century or 15th century |