Michael Palaiologos the Elder

Michael Palaiologos ( Middle Greek Μιχαὴλ Παλαιολόγος ; * 1337 ; † before 1370) was a Byzantine prince.

Life

Michael was the second son of the emperor Andronikos III. (1328–1341) and his second wife Anna of Savoy . While his father was still alive, the Porphyrogennetos was elevated to a despot as a small child , the second highest rank in the Byzantine court hierarchy after the basileus . When his older brother, Emperor Johannes V , fought with Matthaios Asanes Kantakuzenos in a civil war in 1352 for apanage in Thrace , Michael was sent hostage to the court of the Serbian Emperor Stefan IV Dušan . In return, the latter provided 4,000 horsemen for the siege of Adrianople . There is no news about Michael's further fate; but he probably died before 1370.

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Averkios Th. Papadopulos: Attempting a Genealogy of Palaiologists, 1259–1453. Pilger-Druckerei, Munich 1938 (reprinted by Adolf M. Hakkert, Amsterdam 1962), p. 47 no.74.
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. 103 No. 21521.

personal data
SURNAME	Michael Palaiologos the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Michael Palaiologos; Μιχαὴλ Παλαιολόγος (Middle Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Byzantine prince, son of Emperor Andronikos III.
DATE OF BIRTH	1337
DATE OF DEATH	before 1370