Andronikos Palaiologos (son-in-law of Theodore I)
Andronikos Palaiologos (
Emperor of Nicaea
, in the 1210s.
Life
Andronikos is a very obscure figure. As R. Macrides writes, "almost everything that is known about him [...] has been disputed: his identity/name, the date of his marriage, the date of his death, the cause of his death".metropolitan of Ephesus, Nicholas Mesarites, who officiated at his marriage, calls him "Constantine Doukas Palaiologos" in a sermon of his. All Byzantine chroniclers on the other hand, beginning with George Akropolites who is the main source on his life, call him Andronikos, and it is usually supposed that the different name in Mesarites' account is a transcription error by a later copyist.[1][2]
Andronikos is first mentioned by Akropolites as participating in the 1211 campaign against the
References
- ^ a b c Macrides 2007, pp. 149–150 (note 3).
- ^ Cheynet & Vannier 1986, pp. 172–173.
- ^ Macrides 2007, pp. 148ff., 153–154.
- ^ a b Cheynet & Vannier 1986, pp. 173–174.
- ^ Cheynet & Vannier 1986, p. 173.
- ^ Macrides 2007, pp. 148, 149–150 (note 3).
Sources
- Cheynet, Jean-Claude; Vannier, Jean-François (1986). Études Prosopographiques (in French). Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. ISBN 978-2-85944-110-4.
- Macrides, Ruth (2007). George Akropolites: The History – Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921067-1.