Michael Kantakuzenos (nephew of Alexios III)
Michael Kantakuzenos ( Middle Greek Μιχαήλ Καντακουζηνός ; * around 1170; † after 1199) was a Byzantine aristocrat who in 1199 as a pretender to the throne against Emperor Alexios III. occurred.
Life
Michael Kantakuzenos was an early member of the Kantakuzenos family , which provided several emperors and despots in the 14th century . He was (probably) the only son of Emperor Johannes Kantakuzenos and Irene Angelina , sister of Emperors Isaac II and Alexios III. The marriage of his parents had been declared inadmissible by Manuel I and Patriarch Lukas Chrysoberges because of the seventh degree of kinship and was only sanctioned by Nicetas II Muntanes in 1186 .
In April 1195, Kantakuzenos supported his uncle Alexios III. during his coup d'état against Isaac II. When the emperor, who had not lost a male heir and shortly before lost two of his sons-in-law, became seriously ill in the spring of 1199, Kantakuzenos briefly acted as pretender (in competition with his great-uncle Johannes Dukas and his nephew Manuel Kamytzes ) on. His further fate is unknown.
swell
- Niketas Choniates 451; 498 (ed. Jan-Louis van Dieten, CFHB Ser. Berol. Vol. 11, 1975)
literature
- Charles M. Brand: Byzantium confronts the West, 1180-1204. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1968, ISBN 0-81-431764-2 , pp. 77-78.
- Donald M. Nicol : The Byzantine family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus) approx. 1100-1460. A genealogical and prosopographical study (= Dumbarton Oaks Studies. Vol. 11). Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Washington DC 1968, p. 8 no.7.
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Remarks
- ↑ In Choniates he has the first name Manuel , but this designation is uncertain; see. Nicol, Kantakouzenos , p. 8 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michael Kantakuzenos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μιχαήλ Καντακουζηνός (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine pretender to the throne, nephew of Emperor Alexios III. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1170 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1199 |