John I of Trebizond
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Theodora Axouchina |
John I Komnenos Axouchos[1][2] (Greek: Ιωάννης Κομνηνός Ἀξούχος, romanized: Iōannēs Komnēnos Axouchos) was Emperor of Trebizond from 1235 to 1238. One editor reads the text of the chronicle of Michael Panaretos as stating that John ruled six years; although William Miller follows Fallmerayer in assuming this was a mistake for three years,[3] another possible solution is that John was co-ruler with his predecessor Andronikos I Gidos for three years then ruled alone for three more.
Background
He was the eldest son of
Reign and death
Little is recorded of John's reign, except that John died while playing
Whether John I issued the silver coins, or aspers, is disputed since some recent authorities believe the coins attributed to him better fit with the aspers struck during John II Megas Komnenos on numismatic grounds.[8]
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6. (see ODB)
- ^ William Miller, opines that "Axouchos" appears to have been a family name of the Komnenos, "for it had been borne by a Persian, who had been Great Domestic at Constantinople". Trebizond: The Last Greek Empire of the Byzantine Era, 1926 (Chicago: Argonaut, 1969), p. 24
- ^ Miller, Trebizond, p. 25 and note
- ^ Miller, Trebizond, p. 19
- ^ A. A. Vasiliev, "The Foundation of the Empire of Trebizond (1204-1222)", Speculum, 11 (1936), p. 27
- ^ George Finlay (The History of Greece and the Empire of Trebizond, (1204-1461), (Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1851), p. 338 n. 1) discusses the possible locations of the hippodrome of Trebizond where John died.
- ^ Shukurov, "The enigma of David Grand Komnenos", Mesogeios, 12 (2001), pp. 131f (accessed 22 February 2014)
- ^ A.A. Gordus and D.M. Metcalf, "Non-destructive Chemical Analysis of the Byzantine Silver Coinage of Trebizond", Archeion Pontou, 33 (1975-1976), p. 29
External links
- Vougiouklaki Penelope, "John I Grand Komnenos", Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World: Asia Minor