Constantine Palaiologos sebastokrator and Eirene

Constantine Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Παλαιολόγος) (died 1271) was a Byzantine nobleman and the younger half-brother of the Byzantine Emperor

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 ...

Life and career

Constantine was born ca. 1230, to Andronikos Palaiologos,

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of the Empire of Nicaea and his unknown second wife. The life of Constantine is unknown until 1259, when he was appointed ''

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'' by his elder half-brother, Michael VIII. The following year, he was also created a ''

sebastokrator ''Sebastokrator'' ( grc-byz, Σεβαστοκράτωρ, Sevastokrátor, August Ruler, ; bg, севастократор, sevastokrator; sh, sebastokrator), was a senior court title in the late Byzantine Empire. It was also used by other rulers wh ...

''. He commanded the Byzantine forces on an unsuccessful campaign against the

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Principality of Achaea The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom ...

, where his army was routed at the

Battle of Prinitza The Battle of Prinitza was fought in 1263 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire, marching to capture Andravida, the capital of the Latin Principality of Achaea, and a small Achaean force. The Achaeans launched a surprise attack on the greatl ...

. However, Constantine had already left the region by the time of the major Byzantine defeat at the

Battle of Makryplagi The Battle of Makryplagi or Makry Plagi was fought between the forces of the Byzantine Empire, and the Latin Principality of Achaea. The Byzantines had been weakened and demoralized by the defection of their numerous Turkish mercenaries to the A ...

in 1263/1264. Sometime after returning from the campaign against the

, Constantine became a monk under the name Kallinikos. He died in 1271.

Marriage and family

Constantine was married c. 1259/60 to Irene Komnene Laskarina Branaina, by whom he seems to have had five children" * Michael Komnenos Branas Palaiologos * Andronikos Branas Doukas Angelos Palaiologos * Maria Komnene Branaina Laskarina Doukaina Tornikina Palaiologina. Married Isaac Komnenos Doukas Tornikios. *

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. Married John Komnenos Doukas Angelos Synadenos and had three children. Later became a nun under the name Theodoule. *

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(name unknown). Married Smilets of Bulgaria.Pachymeres Vol II, Andronicus Palæologus, Liber V, 18, p. 407

Footnotes

References

George Pachymeres George Pachymeres ( el, Γεώργιος Παχυμέρης, Geórgios Pachyméris; 1242 – 1310) was a Byzantine Greek historian, philosopher, music theorist and miscellaneous writer. Biography Pachymeres was born at Nicaea, in Bithynia, wher ...

, ''De Michaele Palaeologo'' & ''Andronicus Palæologus'' *

George Acropolites George Akropolites ( Latinized as Acropolites or Acropolita; el, , ''Georgios Akropolites''; 1217 or 1220 – 1282) was a Byzantine Greek historian and statesman born at Constantinople. Life In his sixteenth year he was sent by his father, the ...

, ''Annals'' * * * Hooper, N. & Bennett, M., ''The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare'' (

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer. Cambridge University Pre ...

, 1996) , *
'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot)
from ''Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents: A Complete Translation of the Surviving Founder's Typika and Testaments'', Thomas, J. & Hero, A.C. (eds.) (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington D.C. 2000) {{DEFAULTSORT:Palaiologos, Constantine

Constantine Palaiologos Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, ''Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos''; 8 February 1405 – 29 May 1453) was the last Roman (Byzantine) e ...

13th-century Byzantine people 1230s births 1271 deaths People of the Empire of Nicaea Eastern Orthodox monks Sebastokrators Caesars (Byzantine nobles) Michael VIII Palaiologos