Manuel I of Constantinople
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Manuel I of Constantinople | |
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Church of Constantinople | |
In office | January 1217 – May/June 1222 |
Predecessor | Maximus II of Constantinople |
Successor | Germanus II of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | ? |
Died | May or June 1222 |
Manuel I, surnamed Sarantenos/Karantenos or Charitopoulos (
sack of 1204, Manuel was a deacon and hypatos ton philosophon in Constantinople. This is likely the source of his epithet "the Philosopher".[1]
Under Manuel I,
Stefan Nemanjić
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Manuel is noted for his role in a diplomatic interplay between the
Robert of Courtenay, in 1222. Robert had approached Theodore for a peace treaty and the latter offered his daughter Eudokia in marriage to cement the deal. But Theodore had married Maria of Courtenay, Robert's sister, in 1217. Manuel is thus reported by George Akropolites to have blocked the betrothal, twice negotiated, on religious-legal grounds: Robert, Theodore's brother-in-law, could not also become his son-in-law as this was an 'illegal union' and constituted incest as it was within the third degree of kinship.[2]
References
- ^ George Akropolites (Ruth Macrides, ed). The History. Oxford: University Press, 2007. pp. 159–160.
- ^ George Akropolites (Ruth Macrides, ed). The History. Oxford: University Press, 2007. Editor's notes, pp. 158.