Manuel Palaiologos (Despot)
Manuel Palaiologos ( Middle Greek Μανουήλ Παλαιολόγος ; * after 1297; † September 1320 in Constantinople ) was a Byzantine prince.
Life
Manuel was the second son of co-emperor Michael IX. Palaiologos and his wife Maria Dukaina Palaiologina (Rita of Armenia) , a daughter of the Armenian King Leon III. ; He was thus a grandson of Emperor Andronikos II. At an unknown point in time, he was raised to despot while still a child , the second highest rank in the Byzantine court hierarchy after the basileus .
In September 1320 Manuel Palaiologos was murdered at night in Constantinople by followers of his older brother (and later emperor) Andronikos , who had to guard his lover and mistakenly believed him to be a rival . The poet Manuel Philes wrote a grave poem on him. The grief over the tragic loss of his son led Michael IX. a little later, on October 12, 1320, at the age of only 43 years, also died. When Andronikos II. His grandson Andronikos III. then wanted to withdraw the line of succession , this sparked an eight-year civil war .
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- Nikephoros Gregoras 1, 283–286 (ed. Ludwig Schopen , CSHB , 1829)
- Johannes Kantakuzenos 1, 1 (ed.Peter Wirth , trans.Georgios Fatouros / Tilman Krischer , BGL vol. 17, 1982)
- Manuel Philes 1, 226 and 235 (ed.Emmanuel Miller , 1857)
literature
- Божидар Ферјанчић: Деспоти у Византији и Јужнословенским земљама (= Посебна издања . Vol. 336; Византолошки институт Vol. 8.). Српска академија наука и уметности, Београд 1960, p. 41.
- Averkios Th. Papadopulos: Attempting a Genealogy of Palaiologists, 1259–1453. Pilger-Druckerei, Munich 1938 (reprinted by Adolf M. Hakkert, Amsterdam 1962), p. 44 No. 69.
- 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 , p. 101 No. 21511.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manuel Palaiologos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μανουήλ Παλαιολόγος (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine prince, grandson of Emperor Andronikos II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | after 1297 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1320 |
| Place of death | Constantinople |