Pegonites

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Pegonites (

Greek: Πηγωνίτης), plural Pegonitai, was a Byzantine family name between the 11th and 13th centuries. Its etymology is uncertain, but it may be related to the Greek for "chin" (πηγούνι, pegouni).[1]

The first recorded member of the family was Niketas Pegonites, the

Preslav and around 1065 a Theodore Pegonites was the duke of Edessa.[1]

The family seems to have been reduced in prominence in the 12th century. Before 1157, a Pegonites was the

Berroia around 1220.[1]

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Bibliography

  • Grégoire, Henri (1937). "Du nouveau sur l'histoire bulgaro-byzantine: Nicétas Pégonitès vainqueur du roi bulgare Jean Vladislav". Byzantion. 12 (1): 283–291.
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  • Mango, Cyril (1966). "A Byzantine Inscription Relating to Dyrrhachium". Archäologischer Anzeiger. 81: 410–414.

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