Nikephoros Tarchaneiotes
Nikephoros Tarchaneiotes (
Biography
Nikephoros Tarchaneiotes was a scion of the
Tarchaneiotes remained acting megas domestikos into the first part of Theodore II Laskaris's reign (1254–1258), when the post was conferred onto the new emperor's favourites, the Mouzalon brothers Andronikos and George.[5] Being related to the Palaiologoi by marriage, he supported the rise of his brother-in-law Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–1282) to the throne. He was rewarded with the restoration to the rank of megas domestikos (circa 1260), while his sons too received high state offices.[6] Given that his second wife became a nun circa 1266, he may have died before that date.
Family
Tarchaneiotes was married twice, first to a daughter of the protostrator Andronikos Doukas Aprenos, and secondly to Maria-Martha Palaiologina, the eldest sister of Michael VIII Palaiologos.[7]
From his second marriage he had four children:
- Theodora Tarchaneiotissa, who married Basil Kaballarios and later the megas stratopedarchesBaladionites. She later became a nun with the name of Theodosia.
- Michael Tarchaneiotes, protovestiarios and notable general. He won a major victory against the Angevins at the Siege of Berat (1280–1281), and died in 1283/1284 from disease whilst on campaign.[8]
- John I Doukas of Thessaly.[9]
- Asia Minor against the Turks.[10]
References
- ^ ODB, p. 2011; Macrides 2007, p. 170.
- ^ Macrides 2007, pp. 200–201.
- ^ Macrides 2007, pp. 215–216.
- ^ Macrides 2007, pp. 244, 249–252.
- ^ Macrides 2007, pp. 253, 298.
- ^ ODB, p. 2012.
- ^ Macrides 2007, p. 202 (note 5).
- ^ Bartusis 1997, pp. 63, 68.
- ^ Bartusis 1997, p. 60.
- ^ Nicol 1993, pp. 124–125.
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.
- Macrides, Ruth (2007). George Akropolites: The History – Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921067-1.
- ISBN 0-246-10559-3.