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Kamateros
The Kamateros family ( el, Καματηρός, pl. ''Kamateroi'' el, Καματηροί; Latinized respectively Camaterus, Camateri), was a Byzantine family of functionaries from Constantinople that became prominent in the 10th–12th centuries. Several family members were scholars and literary patrons. The feminine form of the name is Kamatera ( el, Καματηρά). The first attested member of the family is the ''spatharokandidatos'' Petronas Kamateros, who in supervised the construction of the Sarkel fortress for the Khazars and later became governor of Cherson. Several members of the family are attested in the 10th and 11th centuries as fiscal or judicial officials, and Gregory Kamateros became ''protasekretis'' and later ''logothetes ton sekreton'' to Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (). The family reached its peak in the 12th century, under Manuel I Komnenos () and the Angelos emperors. John Kamateros enjoyed the favour of Manuel I and was ''logothetes tou dromou'' in the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Kamateros
Gregory Kamateros ( gr, Γρηγόριος Καματηρός, Grēgorios Kamatēros; ) was a senior Byzantine official. Of low birth but very well educated, he reached high office under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and eventually became ''logothetes ton sekreton'', ''de facto'' prime minister, under both Alexios and John II Komnenos. Through his marriage with Irene Doukaina, an imperial relative, he founded the bureaucratic dynasty of the Doukai– Kamateroi. Life and career There are several scattered references to a "Gregory Kamateros" in documents and seals of the late 11th/early 12th century. Most scholars consider them to refer to the same person, with the notable exception of the historian Vitalien Laurent, who cast doubt on this identification. According to the historian Niketas Choniates, Gregory Kamateros was of lowly and undistinguished birth. Nevertheless, he was distinguished by his great erudition, which was said to encompass all fields of knowledge. He first appears i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kamateros (logothetes Tou Dromou)
John Kamateros ( gr, Ἰωάννης Καματηρός, Iōannēs Kamatēros) was a Byzantine aristocrat and official. Family John was the son of Gregory Kamateros, a man of humble origin but well educated, who held several senior government posts under emperors Alexios I Komnenos and John II Komnenos and advanced to the high rank of ''sebastos'', and of Irene Doukaina, probably a daughter of the ''protostrator'' Michael Doukas, whose sister Irene was wed to Alexios I. The union led to the emergence of the Doukas–Kamateros bureaucratic dynasty, which would reach the peak of its fortunes with John and his brother, Andronikos Doukas Kamateros, who occupied the highest offices in the state. It is possible that John is the unnamed ''logothetes'' whose daughter was the wife of Alexios Kontostephanos. Career John Kamateros enjoyed imperial favour as Manuel I Komnenos' drinking companion; according to the near-contemporary historian Niketas Choniates, Kamateros drank wine by the bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andronikos Kamateros
Andronikos Doukas Kamateros ( el, ) was a Byzantine aristocrat, senior official under Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and theologian, best known for his theological treatise ''Sacred Arsenal''. Family and career Born probably around 1110, Andronikos Kamateros was the son of Gregory Kamateros, a man of humble origin but well educated, who held several senior government posts under emperors Alexios I Komnenos and John II Komnenos and advanced to the high rank of ''sebastos'', and of Irene Doukaina, probably a daughter of the ''protostrator'' Michael Doukas, whose sister Irene was wed to Alexios I. Andronikos had several siblings, but with the exception of a brother Michael, who died young, and possibly another brother named Theodore, on whose death John Tzetzes composed an epitaph, they are mostly unknown. The ''sebastos'' and ''logothetes tou dromou'' John Kamateros (logothetes tou dromou) was probably also his brother, rather than his son, as Polemis regards him. With Andronikos and Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Doukas Kamateros
Basil Doukas Kamateros ( el, )The surname "Doukas" appears only on his seal of office. was a Byzantine aristocrat and senior official. Basil was the son of the official and theologian Andronikos Doukas Kamateros, and brother of Empress Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, wife of Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203). A relative of the imperial family—his grandmother Irene Doukaina was probably a daughter of the ''protostrator'' Michael Doukas, brother-in-law of Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118)—he held the high rank of ''sebastos'', and by 1166 held the office of ''protonotarios''. By 1182 he had advanced to the post of ''logothetes tou dromou'', but was dismissed, blinded (apparently only in one eye), and banished to Russia when Andronikos I Komnenos (r. 1182–1185) took power. He returned to Constantinople and was again ''logothetes tou dromou'' under Isaac II Angelos (r. 1185–1195), and remained active at court under his brother-in-law Alexios III. After the Fourth Crusade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil II Kamateros
Basil II Kamateros ( el, ), (died after 1186) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from August 1183 to February 1186. Basil was a member of the Kamateros family, which provided a number of leading officials in the 12th century. He initially served under Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180) as a diplomat, but after a disastrous mission in Italy, he fell out of favour and was banished. His fortunes revived under Andronikos I Komnenos (r. 1183–1185), who had also been exiled by Manuel.Kazhdan (1991), p. 262 At the time, Andronikos was having trouble with Patriarch Theodosios Boradiotes, who opposed the emperor on a number of issues. These were the projected marriage of his illegitimate daughter Eirene to Alexios, the illegitimate son of Manuel I, although they were close relatives, as well as the expulsion of the Empress-Dowager Maria of Antioch from the Great Palace. Theodosius was forced to abdicate and replaced by Basil.Kazhdan (1991), pp. 262, 2052 Basil immediately complied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petronas Kamateros
Petronas Kamateros ( el, , ) was a Byzantine official under Emperor Theophilos (emperor), Theophilos (r. 829–842). Petronas is the first attested member of the Kamateros family. In ca. 833 or, according to more recent dating, 839, he held the rank of ''spatharokandidatos'' and was sent by Theophilos to supervise the construction of Sarkel, a fortified city that was to serve as capital for the Khazars, who were allies of Byzantium. On his return, Petronas reportedly advised the emperor to pay more attention to the Crimea and its cities, where Byzantine control was loose. In reply, Theophilos raised him to ''protospatharios'' and appointed him ''strategos'' in Chersonesus Taurica, Cherson, thus founding the Theme (Byzantine district), theme Cherson (theme), of the same name. It may be possible that he also held the office of ''genikos logothetes'', based on a seal found at Cherson. Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamateros, Petronas 9th-century Byzantine people Byzantine architec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera
Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina or better Kamatera ( el, Εὐφροσύνη Δούκαινα Καματερίνα ἢ Καματηρά, – 1211) was a Byzantine Empress by marriage to the Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos. Euphrosyne was the daughter of Andronikos Kamateros, a high-ranking official who held the titles of '' megas droungarios'' and '' pansebastos'' and wife, an unknown Kantakouzene. She was related to the Emperor Constantine X and Irene Doukaina, empress of Alexios I Komnenos. Both of her brothers had rebelled against Andronikos I Komnenos; one was imprisoned and the other was blinded. Life Euphrosyne married Alexios Angelos, the older brother of the future Emperor Isaac II Angelos in c. 1169. Although Isaac II bestowed many titles and honors upon his brother, Alexios seized the throne on April 8, 1195, deposing Isaac and proclaiming himself emperor. In this he was assisted by Euphrosyne, who had organized a party of aristocratic supporters. Euphrosyne t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John X Kamateros
John X Kamateros ( el, Ἰωάννης Καματηρός) (? – April or May 1206), was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 5 August 1198 to April/May 1206. John was a member of the Kamateros family to which belonged the Empress Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, wife of Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203). An educated man, well versed in classical literature, rhetoric and philosophy, he occupied a series of ecclesiastical posts reaching the post of ''chartophylax'', which he held at the time of his elevation to the patriarchal throne. In 1198–1200, he had an exchange of letters with Pope Innocent III on the issue of papal supremacy and the ''filioque'' clause. He disputed Rome's claim to primacy based on St. Peter, and asserted that in reality its primacy came from the fact that Rome was the old imperial capital. He intervened in the riots in Constantinople against the arrest of the banker Kalomodios, and secured his release, but during the coup of John Komnenos the Fat on 31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Droungarios Of The Vigla
The ''Droungarios'' of the Watch ( el, δρουγγάριος τῆς βίγλης/βίγλας, ''droungarios tēs viglēs/viglas''), sometimes anglicized as "Drungary of the Watch", was originally a senior Byzantine military post. Attested since the late 8th century, the ''droungarios'' commanded the '' Vigla'' or "Watch", one of the elite professional cavalry regiments ('' tagmata'') of the middle Byzantine period, and was in charge of the Byzantine emperor's personal security. From , the office was disassociated from its military origin and was transformed into a senior judicial position, thereafter usually referred to as the Grand ''Droungarios'' of the Watch (μέγας δρουγγάριος τῆς βίγλης/βίγλας, ''megas droungarios tēs viglēs/viglas''). The office continued to exist as a mostly honorific court dignity in the Palaiologan era, until the very end of the Byzantine Empire in the mid-15th century. Military office The ''Droungarios'' of the Watch wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecumenical Patriarchs Of Constantinople
This is a list of the Patriarchs of Constantinople. Bishops of Byzantium (until 330) *1. St. Andrew the Apostle (38), founder *2. St. Stachys the Apostle (38–54) *3. St. Onesimus (54–68) *4. Polycarpus I (69–89) *5. Plutarch (89–105) *6. Sedecion (105–114) *7. Diogenes (114–129) *8. Eleutherius (129–136) *9. Felix (136–141) *10. Polycarpus II (141–144) *11. Athenodorus (144–148) *12. Euzois (148–154) *13. Laurence (154–166) *14. Alypius (166–169) *15. Pertinax (169–187) *16. Olympianus (187–198) *17. Mark I or Marcus I (198–211) *18. Philadelphus (211–217) *19. Cyriacus I (217–230) *20. St. Castinus (230–237) *21. Eugenius I (237–242) *22. Titus (242–272) *23. Dometius (272–284) *24. Rufinus I (284–293) *25. Probus (293–306) *26. St. Metrophanes (306–314) *27. St. Alexander (314–337) Archbishops of Constantinople (330–451) *28. St. Paul I ("the Confessor") (337–339) *29. Eusebius of Nicomedia (339 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kamateros (astronomer) , Patriarch of Constantinople in 1183–86
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John Kamateros ( el, Ἰωάννης Καματηρός), Latinized John Camaterus, can refer to: * John Kamateros (logothetes tou dromou), senior official under Emperor Manuel I Komnenos * John X of Constantinople John X Kamateros ( el, Ἰωάννης Καματηρός) (? – April or May 1206), was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 5 August 1198 to April/May 1206. John was a member of the Kamateros family to which belonged the Empress Euphrosyne D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherson (theme)
The Theme of Cherson ( el, , ''thema Chersōnos''), originally and formally called the Klimata (Greek: ) and Korsun', was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) located in the southern Crimea, headquartered at Cherson. The theme was officially established in the early 830s and was an important centre of Black Sea commerce. Despite the destruction of the city of Cherson in the 980s, the theme recovered and prospered, enduring until it became a part of the Empire of Trebizond after the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire in 1204. History The region had been under Roman and later Byzantine imperial control until the early 8th century, but passed under Khazar control thereafter. Byzantine authority was re-established by Emperor Theophilos (r. 829–842), who displayed interest in the northern littoral of the Black Sea and especially his relations with the Khazars. Traditional scholarship dates the establishment of Cherson as the seat of a theme in ca. 833/4,.. but more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
