Theodoros Mankaphas
Theodoros Mankaphas or Mangaphas ( Middle Greek Θεόδωρος Μαγκαφᾶς ) was a Byzantine aristocrat from Philadelphia in Lydia who proclaimed himself emperor twice, first in 1188 during the reign of Isaac II and again in 1204 after the fall of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade . His rule only lasted a few months.
swell
- Niketas Choniates , Historia , 399-402; 603-604 (ed. Jan-Louis van Dieten, CFHB Vol. 11, 1975)
literature
- Jean-Claude Cheynet: Pouvoir et contestations à Byzance (963-1210) (= Publications de la Sorbonne. Series Byzantina Sorbonensia. Vol. 9). Reimpression. Publications de la Sorbonne Center de Recherches d'Histoire et de Civilization Byzantines, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-85944-168-5 , p. 123 No. 168, pp. 134-135 No. 192.
- Alexis GC Savvides: Byzantium in the Near East: Its Relations with the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in Asia Minor, the Armenians of Cilicia and the Mongols, AD c. 1192-1237 (= Βυζαντινά Κείμενα και Μελέται. Vol. 17). Center for Byzantine Research, Thessaloniki 1981, pp. 60-63.
Web links
- Penelope Vougiouklaki: Theodore Mangaphas . In: Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World: Asia Minor (2003)
- Coins
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Theodoros Mankaphas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Theodoros Mangaphas; Θεόδωρος Μαγκαφᾶς (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine aristocrat and counter-emperor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia (Lydia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th Century |