Michael Tarchaneiotes
Michael Palaiologos Tarchaneiotes (
from 1278 until his death from disease in 1284.Biography
Michael Tarchaneiotes was the son of
He first appears in the sources taking part in the 1262 campaign against the
Tralles, which the young ruler intended to rename as Andronikopolis or Palaiologopolis. A few years later, however, the city, poorly supplied with water and provisions, was besieged and taken by the emir of Menteshe.[3]
In spring 1281, Tarchaneiotes led the Byzantine army that was sent to relieve the city of
John I Doukas of Thessaly. Tarchaneiotes's forces marched to Thessaly, where they were joined by a Byzantine fleet and laid siege to the port city of Demetrias. The city fell, but the outbreak of an epidemic (possibly malaria) killed many soldiers, including Tarchaneiotes, and forced the remainder of the army to withdraw.[2][6][7]
Family
Tarchaneiotes married Maria, daughter of the megas doux Alexios Doukas Philanthropenos, sometime before 1262. Together they had three children: an unnamed son who was given the rank of protosebastos, an unnamed daughter who married Alexios Raoul, and the famed general and rebel Alexios Philanthropenos the Younger.[2][8]
References
- ^ a b ODB, p. 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f PLP, 27505. Ταρχανειώτης, Μιχαὴλ Παλαιολόγος.
- ^ Nicol 1993, p. 86.
- ^ Bartusis 1997, p. 63.
- ^ Nicol 1993, pp. 65–66.
- ^ Bartusis 1997, p. 68.
- ^ Nicol 1993, p. 115.
- ^ ODB, p. 1649.
Sources
- Bartusis, Mark C. (1997). The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society 1204–1453. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1620-2.
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
- ISBN 0-246-10559-3.
- Trapp, Erich; Beyer, Hans-Veit; Walther, Rainer; Sturm-Schnabl, Katja; Kislinger, Ewald; Leontiadis, Ioannis; Kaplaneres, Sokrates (1976–1996). ISBN 3-7001-3003-1.