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 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. S ...
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
Andronikos I Komnenos ( gr, Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός; – 12 September 1185), Latinized as Andronicus I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185. He was the son of Isaac Komnenos and the grandson of the emperor Al ...
(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
Maria of Antioch (1145–1182) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and regent during the minority of her son porphyrogennetos Alexios II Komnenos from 1180 until 1182.
Life
Maria of Antioch was the daug ...
from the
Great Palace. Theodosius was forced to abdicate and replaced by Basil.
[Kazhdan (1991), pp. 262, 2052]
Basil immediately complied with Andronikos' wishes, clearing the path for the marriage and even absolving the murderers of the young emperor
Alexios II Komnenos (r. 1180–1183). After Andronikos was overthrown and executed in September 1185 however, Basil failed to ingratiate himself with the new emperor
Isaac II Angelos
Isaac II Angelos or Angelus ( grc-gre, Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, ; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.
His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a ...
(r. 1185–1195 and 1203–1204), despite officiating at his coronation. He was deposed and condemned by a
synod for his approval of Eirene's and Alexios' marriage. Nothing further is known of him after that.
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12th-century births
1180s deaths
Year of death unknown
12th-century patriarchs of Constantinople
Kamateros family