Andronikos III of Trebizond
| Andronikos III Megas Komnenos | |
|---|---|
| Emperor and Autocrat of all the East, of the Iberians and of Perateia | |
Djiadjak Jaqeli |
Andronikos III Megas Komnenos, or Andronicus III (
Rustam Shukurov suggested that Andronikos and his son Manuel were named for their distant ancestors, Andronikos I Komnenos and his son Manuel the Sebastokrator, arguing that their portraits appeared on the walls of the Imperial palace hall.[2]
One of his first actions when Andronikos became emperor was to put to death his two younger brothers, George Azachoutlou and Michael Achpougas. His other brother Basil managed to escape to Constantinople, where his uncle Michael was probably already residing.[3]
On January 8, 1332, he died of bubonic plague like his father.[4]
Upon his death Andronikos was briefly succeeded by his son, Manuel II. The sources have preserved no other details on the circumstances of Andronikos' short reign.[3]
References
- ^ Panaretos, Chronicle, ch. 16. Greek text and English translation in Scott Kennedy, Two Works on Trebizond, Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 52 (Cambridge: Harvard University, 2019), p. 9
- ^ Shukurov, "AIMA: the blood of the Grand Komnenoi". Byzantine and Medieval Greek Studies, 19 (1995), p. 165
- ^ a b William Miller, Trebizond: The last Greek Empire of the Byzantine Era: 1204-1461, 1926 (Chicago: Argonaut, 1969), p. 43
- ISBN 978-605-4567-52-2) ; p.155