Andronikos Angelos Komnenos Doukas Palaiologos ( el, Ἀνδρόνικος Ἄγγελος Κομνηνός Δούκας Παλαιολόγος, ca. 1282–1328), was a

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aristocrat and military leader. He was born ca. 1282 to

Demetrios Doukas Komnenos Koutroules Demetrios, later renamed Michael, Doukas Komnenos Koutroules Angelos ( el, Δημήτριος (Μιχαήλ) Δούκας Κομνηνός Κουτρούλης Ἄγγελος; ) was the third son of the ruler of Despotate of Epirus, Epirus, Micha ...

, son of the ruler of

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Michael II Komnenos Doukas Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Latinized as Comnenus Ducas ( el, Μιχαήλ Β΄ Κομνηνός Δούκας, ''Mikhaēl II Komnēnos Doukas''), often called Michael Angelos in narrative sources, was from 1230 until his death in 1266/68 the rule ...

, and

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, the daughter of the

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Michael VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( el, Μιχαὴλ Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, Mikhaēl Doukas Angelos Komnēnos Palaiologos; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as the co-emperor of the Empire ...

. By 1326 he held the post of ''

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'' and the rank of ''

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''. In 1327–28, Andronikos was military governor of Velegrada (modern

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). During the

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, he initially sided with Andronikos III Palaiologos against his grandfather Andronikos II Palaiologos, but then switched sides. As a result, when Andronikos III Palaiologos ousted his grandfather in 1328, he arrested his family and confiscated his property and his extensive estates in Macedonia. Andronikos was thereby forced to defect to

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, dying in exile at

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in 1328. He was married to an unnamed daughter of a certain Kokalas. The couple had at least two daughters, the future queen-consort of Epirus Anna Palaiologina and another, unnamed daughter, who married John Angelos.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palaiologos, Andronikos 1280s births 1328 deaths Year of birth uncertain 14th-century Byzantine people Byzantine defectors Byzantine governors History of Berat Andronikos People of the Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) Protovestiarioi Protosebastoi