Battle of Poimanenon
| date | 1224 |
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| place | Poimanenon |
| output | Nicaean victory |
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Isaak Laskaris
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The Battle of Poimanenon or Poemanenum was fought in the spring of 1224 (or late in 1223) between the troops of the two most important successor states of the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire and the Nicea Empire .
After the Treaty of Nymphaion in 1214, the Latin Empire controlled the north-western coastal areas of Asia Minor from Nicomedia to Adramyttion as well as the Mysian plain. In 1222 the founder of the Empire of Nicaea, Theodor I Laskaris , and his stepson John III died. ascended his throne. The succession was questioned by Theodor's brothers and the Sebastokratores Isaak and Alexios rebelled against him, for which they called the emperor of the Latin Empire, Robert de Courtenay, to help. At the head of the Latin army they marched against Johannes Vatatzes. The two armies met at Poimanenon, near a church dedicated to Archangel Michael. Vatatzes was able to achieve a decisive victory. Among his prisoners were the two Laskaris brothers who were blinded .
This victory heralded the Greek recapture of the Latin possessions in Asia Minor. Taken by Nikea in Asia and the despotate of Epirus in Europe, the Latin emperor asked for peace, which was concluded in 1225. After the peace conditions, the Latins renounced all their Asian possessions, with the exception of the east bank of the Bosporus and the city of Nicomedia and its surrounding area.
literature
- Poimanenon . In: The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium . Volume 3, Oxford / New York 1991, pp. 1690f.