John Choumnos
John Komnenos Choumnos (
Byzantine
general, scholar and statesman.
He was the eldest son of the scholar and statesman
parakoimomenos tes sphendones.[3][5] In 1308/1309 he married an unknown lady related to the ruling Palaiologos dynasty, with whom he had a son and a daughter. Their names are unknown.[3] His stance in the Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328 is unknown, but his brother George Choumnos appears to have been a partisan of Andronikos II Palaiologos.[6] Like his father, John was a learned man, having studied rhetoric, philosophy and medicine. A collection of his letters survives, as well as a medical treatise on the proper diet for gout.[3][4] He died sometime between 1332 and 1338, while serving as governor of Chios.[3][4]
References
Sources
- OCLC 878894516.
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
- Trapp, Erich; Beyer, Hans-Veit; Kaplaneres, Sokrates; Leontiadis, Ioannis (1994). "30954. Χοῦμνος, Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός". ISBN 3-7001-3003-1.