Emperor of Trebizond and Byzantine claimant (1204–1222)
Not to be confused with Alexios I Komnenos.
Alexios I of Trebizond
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Emperor of Trebizond Claimant Byzantine Emperor
Reign
1204 – 1 February 1222
Successor
Andronikos I
Co-emperor
David (1204–1212)
Born
c. 1182
Died
1 February 1222(1222-02-01) (aged 39–40)
Spouse
possibly Theodora Axouchina
Issue more...
John I
Manuel I
Dynasty
Komnenos
Father
Manuel Komnenos
Mother
Rusudan
Religion
Greek Orthodox Christian
Alexios I Megas Komnenos (Greek: Αλέξιος Κομνηνός;[a] Georgian: ალექსი კომნენოსი; c. 1182 – 1 February 1222) or Alexius I Megas Comnenus was, with his brother David, the founder of the Empire of Trebizond and its ruler from 1204 until his death in 1222. The two brothers were the only male descendants of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos I, who had been dethroned and killed in 1185, and thus claimed to represent the legitimate government of the Empire following the conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Although his rivals governing the Nicaean Empire succeeded in becoming the de facto successors, and rendered his dynastic claims to the imperial throne moot, Alexios' descendants continued to emphasize both their heritage and connection to the Komnenian dynasty by later referring to themselves as Megas Komnenos ("grand Komnenos").[2]
While his brother David conquered a number of Byzantine provinces in northwestern Anatolia, Alexios defended his capital Trebizond from an unsuccessful siege by the Seljuk Turks around the year 1205.[3] Further details of his reign are sparse. Muslim chroniclers record how, in 1214, Alexios was captured by the Turks in the field while defending Sinope; despite sending an envoy to seek their surrender the city refused to capitulate to Sultan Kaykaus I, and Alexios was tortured in sight of the Sinopians. The city submitted to Kaykaus and Alexios was freed after becoming Kaykaus' vassal. Alexios died at the age of forty.
^Jackson Williams, Kelsey (2007). "A Genealogy of the Grand Komnenoi of Trebizond". Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Mediaeval Genealogy. 2 (3): 175. hdl:10023/8570. ISSN 1479-5078.
^R. Macrides, "What's in the name 'Megas Komnenos'?" Archeion Pontou35 (1979), pp. 238–245
^Kuršanskis, "L'empire de Trébizonde et les Turcs au 13e siècle", Revue des études byzantines, 46 (1988), pp. 110f
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