Manuel I of Constantinople

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Manuel I of Constantinople
Church of Constantinople
In officeJanuary 1217 – May/June 1222
PredecessorMaximus II of Constantinople
SuccessorGermanus II of Constantinople
Personal details
Born?
DiedMay 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
.

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

  1. ^ George Akropolites (Ruth Macrides, ed). The History. Oxford: University Press, 2007. pp. 159–160.
  2. ^ George Akropolites (Ruth Macrides, ed). The History. Oxford: University Press, 2007. Editor's notes, pp. 158.
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
Maximos II
Patriarch of Constantinople
In exile at Nicaea

1216–1222
Succeeded by