Michael Palaiologos the Younger
Michael Palaiologos ( Middle Greek Μιχαὴλ Παλαιολόγος ; * between 1351 and 1354; † 1376 or 1377 in Dristra ) was a Byzantine prince.
Life
Michael was the third son of Emperor Johannes V. Palaiologos (1341-1391) and his wife Helena Kantakuzene . His older brothers were the future emperors Andronikos IV and Manuel II , his younger brother the future despot Theodor I of Morea ; he also had five sisters. At an unknown point in time, Michael was raised to despot, the second highest rank in the Byzantine court hierarchy after the basileus .
1366 accompanied Michael Palaeologus his father on his visit to the Hungarian capital of Buda to at King I. Ludwig military help against the Ottomans to ask. From 1371 he officiated as governor of his father in the port city of Mesembria on the Thracian Black Sea coast . Here he briefly came into conflict with the Bulgarian despot Dobrotitsa , who ruled the region on the lower Danube , later named after him Dobrudscha . As a result, however, the two made peace, which they confirmed by the marriage of the Byzantine prince with a daughter of Dobrotizas.
On the initiative of his father-in-law, Michael sailed with three ships to Trebizond at the beginning of November 1373 to meet Emperor Alexios III. To overthrow Megas Komnenos , who had ruled the breakaway coastal region in northern Asia Minor since 1349 . The undertaking failed miserably: the despot anchored his flotilla in front of the port of Trebizond, only to return home five days later without having achieved anything.
Michael Palaiologos was murdered in Dristra in 1376 or 1377 by his Bulgarian brother-in-law Terter . The background to this act is not known.
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- Chronica Byzantina breviora 181-182; 214 (ed.Peter Schreiner , CFHB Ser.Vind. Vol. 12/1, 1975)
- Demetrios Kydones , Letters 2, 18 (ed.Raymond -Joseph Loenertz , 1960)
- Michael Panaretos 78 (ed. Odysseus Lampsides, 1958)
- Pseudo-Sphrantzes 188 (ed.Vasile Grecu, 1966)
literature
- Божидар Ферјанчић: Деспоти у Византији и Јужнословенским земљама (= Посебна издања . Vol. 336; Византолошки институт Vol. 8.). Српска академија наука и уметности, Београд 1960, pp. 43–44, 151–152.
- Vasil Gjuzelev: Chronicon Mesembriae. (Beležki vărchu istorijata na bălgarskoto cernomorie v perioda 1366–1448 g.). In: Godišnik na Sofijskija Universitet Sv. Kliment Ochridski. Istoriceski faculty. Vol. 66, 1975, ISSN 0204-4005 , pp. 145-194, here: pp. 153-157.
- Rodolphe Guilland: Recherches sur l'histoire administrative de l'Empire Byzantin: Le despote, δεσπότης. In: Revue des études byzantines. Vol. 17, 1959, ISSN 0766-5598 , pp. 52-89.
- Averkios Th. Papadopulos: Attempting a Genealogy of Palaiologists, 1259–1453. Pilger-Druckerei, Munich 1938 (reprinted by Adolf M. Hakkert, Amsterdam 1962), pp. 57–58, No. 87.
- Franz Tinnefeld : Four proofs for imperial documents, written by Demetrios Kydones. In: Byzantinoslavica. Vol. 44, 1983, ISSN 0007-7712 , pp. 13-30, 178-195, here: pp. 193-194.
- 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. 21522.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michael Palaiologos the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Michael Palaiologos; Μιχαὴλ Παλαιολόγος (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine prince, son of Emperor Johannes V. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1351 and 1354 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1376 or 1377 |
| Place of death | Dristra |