The siege of Trebizond in April 1282 was an unsuccessful

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of Trebizond, the capital of the Empire of Trebizond, by the

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king David I of Imereti. Little is known about the attack, but it may have relied on support within the Trapezuntine aristocracy, which opposed the rapprochement of Emperor

John II of Trebizond John II Megas Komnenos ( grc-gre, Ἰωάννης Μέγας Κομνηνός, ''Iōannēs Megas Komnēnos'') (c. 1262 – 16 August 1297) was Emperor of Trebizond from June 1280 to his death in 1297. He was the youngest son of Emperor Manuel I ...

(

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ed 1280–1297) with the Palaiologan

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court at

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. Though King David failed to take the city, the Georgians occupied several provinces. William Miller, ''Trebizond: The last Greek Empire of the Byzantine Era: 1204–1461'', 1926 (Chicago: Argonaut, 1969), p. 30

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