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Megas doux (1,537 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The megas doux (Greek: μέγας δούξ, pronounced [ˈmeɣaz ˈðuks], "grand duke") was one of the highest positions in the hierarchy of the later Byzantine Empire

Megas logothetes (1,613 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The megas logothetes (Greek: μέγας λογοθέτης, lit. 'Grand Logothete') was an official who served as effective foreign minister of the Byzantine Empire

Hetaireiarches (1,049 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

subdivisions of the Hetaireia, but in later times only the senior of them, the megas hetaireiarches (Greek: μέγας ἑταιρειάρχης) or Great Hetaeriarch survived

Droungarios of the Fleet (1,691 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

when the Byzantine fleets were amalgamated into a single force under the megas doux, the post, now known as the Grand droungarios of the Fleet (μέγας

Stratopedarches (1,964 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

places the megas stratopedarchēs as the ninth-most senior official of the state below the Emperor, ranking between the prōtostratōr and the megas primmikērios

Skeuophylax (244 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the late 11th century, the megas skeuophylax (μέγας σκευοφύλαξ) ranked second in the administrative hierarchy, after the megas oikonomos of the Patriarchate

Megas dioiketes (566 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The megas dioikētēs (Greek: μέγας διοικητής) was a Byzantine court dignity during the Palaiologan period. The megas dioikētēs derives from the title dioikētēs

Protasekretis (443 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the highest courts of the Byzantine Empire, along with the eparchos, the megas droungarios tes viglas, the dikaiodotes, the koiaistor, the epi ton kriseon

Megas adnoumiastes (573 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The megas adnoumiastēs (Greek: μέγας ἀδνουμιαστής) was a mid-level official of the Byzantine Empire during the Palaiologan period. The title means "grand

Domestikos (607 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

commander-in-chief of the army, the domestikos tōn scholōn was replaced by the megas domestikos ("Grand Domestic") in the 12th–13th centuries, while the ordinary

Battle of Pharsalus (1277) (123 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

plain of Pharsalus in Thessaly between an invading Byzantine army led by the megas stratopedarches John Synadenos and megas konostaulos Michael Kaballarios

Manuel II of Trebizond (476 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of eight months and imprisoned. The megas doux Lekes Tzatzintaion, his wife Syrikaina, and their son Tzambas, the megas domestikos, who were presumably

Hetaireia (1,310 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

was the 'Great Hetaireia' (μεγάλη ἑταιρεία, megale hetaireia), under the megas hetaireiarches, who ranked as the senior of the military officials known

Logothetes ton oikeiakon (310 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

39th place in the imperial hierarchy, between the praitōr tou dēmou and the megas logariastēs, but held no official function. His court uniform consisted

Panhypersebastos (473 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

yellow, decorated with gold braid. Otherwise his costume resembled that of the megas domestikos, i.e., a skiadion hat in red and gold, decorated with embroideries

Sakellarios (455 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

least 1196, although for a time, it may have been subsumed into that of the megas logariastes under Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118). Imitating the practice

Logariastes (393 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

14th century. In the mid-14th century Book of Offices of pseudo-Kodinos, the megas logariastes is ranked 40th in the palace hierarchy, following the logothetes

John III of Trebizond (475 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

remained the prisoner of megas doux John the Eunuch. Upon the death of the megas doux, Niketas marched to Limnia where he freed Michael then returned with

Nikephoros Komnenos (brother of Alexios I) (581 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

of this office was the second-in-command of the Byzantine navy after the megas doux, but Nikephoros is not recorded as having ever held an active command

Logothetes ton sekreton (236 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Komnenian period. In the early 13th century, his office evolved into the megas logothetes. The post was first established by Emperor Alexios I Komnenos

Constantine Doranites (298 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sebastos Tzaniches the megas stratopedarch, who was opposed to Empress Irene Palaiologina, which ended with the defeat of the Megas Stratopedarch. His

Stephen Kontostephanos (587 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

captured Corfu. The megas domestikos John Axouch assumed command of the land forces, and Stephen was entrusted with the fleet as the megas doux. The campaign

Grand domestic (1,330 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

holder, but was usually at seventh place, below the prōtovestiarios and the megas stratopedarchēs. It was not until the award of the title to John Kantakouzenos

Basil of Trebizond (733 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

brother and nephew's supporters (which included the megas doux Lekes Tzatzintzaios and his son the megas domestikos Tzambas), but the man he appointed as

Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 (7,776 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Anna of Savoy, the Patriarch of Constantinople John XIV Kalekas, and the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos. The war polarized Byzantine society along class

Michael Kaballarios (108 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

was megas konostaulos (commander of the Latin mercenaries). Along with the megas stratopedarches John Synadenos, he led a Byzantine army against John I

John Synadenos (megas konostaulos) (191 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

court title of megas konostaulos. He was the son (possibly the eldest) of the megas stratopedarches John Synadenos, and brother of the protostrator Theodore

Rhapsomates (1,181 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

control of the island for approximately three years. He was defeated by the megas doux John Doukas and was taken captive to Constantinople. His life was

Hypatos ton philosophon (201 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ranked in the imperial hierarchy between the logothetes tou dromou and the megas chartoularios. During the 13th and 14th century, the holders of the office

Siege of Berat (1280–1281) (1,549 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

best generals. The army's commander-in-chief was the megas domestikos Michael Tarchaneiotes, with the megas stratopedarches John Synadenos, the despotes Michael

Megas archon (483 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

single manuscript; it either refers to the megas archōn and monk Antonios Mandromenos, or to the monk Antonios, servant of the megas archōn Mandromenos

Pantokratoros Monastery (512 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Athonite monasteries. It was founded around 1360 by the megas stratopedarches Alexios and the megas primikerios John after an imperial chrysobull was granted

John de lo Cavo (281 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

recover as many Aegean islands as possible from Latin rule, spearheaded by the megas doux Alexios Doukas Philanthropenos and another Italian renegade, Licario

Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond (834 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Meanwhile, a rumor circulated in Trebizond that the Empress had taken the megas domestikos as her lover, which led to widespread rioting. The first round

Battle of Makryplagi (1,060 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

According to the Chronicle of the Morea, the head of the Byzantine vanguard, the megas konostaulos Michael Kantakouzenos, rode forth from the Byzantine lines

Protopapas (579 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

late 13th century, the Orthodox nobility and ecclesiastical canons chose the megas protopapas ("grand archpriest"), since there were junior protopapades

Aaronios (281 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

fourth son, Trajan, Maria, married Andronikos Doukas, with whom she had the megas doux John Doukas and Irene Doukaina, wife of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos

Epi tou stratou (416 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the mid-14th century, the epi tou stratou was a subaltern official of the megas domestikos, the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army. On campaign

Andronikos Palaiologos (died 1344) (273 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

he was influenced by his family ties to one of the regency's leaders, the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, one of whose daughters he had married. His father

Papias (Byzantine office) (962 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

(and of the palace prison) and opened them every morning together with the megas hetaireiarches. He thus controlled physical access to the imperial quarters

Niketas Scholares (1,016 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

commission in it. The Scholarioi, who were led by Sebastos Tzaniches the megas stratopedarches, were opposed to the Amytzarantai, who supported the first

Andronikos Kontostephanos (2,145 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

When Manuel's cousin Andronikos Komnenos made a bid for power in 1182 the megas doux Andronikos Kontostephanos, together with the general Andronikos Angelos

Protokynegos (534 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the post occupies the 41st place in the imperial hierarchy, between the megas logariastēs and the skouterios. Rodolphe Guilland suggested that it was

Konostaulos (621 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Palaiologan-era hierarchy, coming ninth in the overall precedence, after the megas primmikerios, and was therefore conferred upon the members of several

Leo Kalothetos (353 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

and is attested in 1345 with the rank of protosebastos, as an envoy to the megas stratopedarches John Vatatzes. He reappears in 1349, when he witnessed

Libadarios (332 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

been related to the Demetrios Libadas who held office (probably under the megas logariastes) in 1186. The first recorded Libadarios was a relative of

Petzeas (147 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

a few brief references in the Alexiad. In 1098, he was a subaltern of the megas doux John Doukas during the latter's campaign to recover the Aegean littoral

Apokaukos (281 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the end of the 13th century, since Nikephoros Gregoras maintains that the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, one of the main figures of the Byzantine civil

Protostrator (1,723 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

overall), coming after the megas doux and before the megas logothetes. Its insignia of office were similar to those of the megas doux, i.e. a rich silk

Michael Taronites (519 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

patrikios Gregory Taronites, had been involved in a conspiracy against the megas domestikos Constantine, brother of Emperor Michael IV the Paphlagonian

Alexios III of Trebizond (1,589 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

position improved, he relied less on the kingmaker Niketas. By June 1354 the megas doux was forced to flee to Kerasous, where he prepared a fleet consisting

1925–26 FCA Championship (242 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a replay of the match, which he won, but until the game was replayed, the Megas Alexandros had already withdrawn from the championship. "Athletic World"

Byzantine navy (20,945 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the new office of the megas doux. The first known occupant of the office was Alexios' brother-in-law John Doukas, in c. 1092. The megas droungarios tou

Doukas (1,755 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

born); and Irene Doukaina's brothers, the protostrator Michael Doukas and the megas doux John Doukas were among the most prominent military leaders of the

Joasaph I of Constantinople (782 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ordered the Patriarch's humiliation by cutting his beard, and punished also the Megas Ekklesiarches (i.e. Head Sacristan) Manuel, the future Patriarch Maximus

George Palaiologos (megas hetaireiarches) (1,211 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

1195–1203) before his death in early 1203. Alexios' daughter Theodora married the megas domestikos (commander-in-chief) Andronikos Palaiologos. They had numerous

Battle of Sirmium (1,627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

person, therefore he appointed his nephew Andronikos Kontostephanos, the Megas Doux, to the command of his field army, with orders to bring the Hungarian

Alexios Komnenos (protosebastos) (3,811 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

most distinguished nobles and officials, led by the megas doux Andronikos Kontostephanos and the megas hetaireiarchēs John Doukas, were sent to the Caesarissa

Alexios Apokaukos (2,048 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

and the second, whom he married sometime around 1341, the cousin of the megas stratopedarchēs Georgios Choumnos. His first marriage produced three children

Protosebastos (465 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

thirteenth place in the overall hierarchy after the emperor, between the megas logothetēs and the pinkernēs. His ceremonial costume comprised a golden-green

John the Eunuch (Trebizond) (352 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

affairs of the Empire of Trebizond until his assassination in March 1344. The megas doux John is first mentioned in connection to the rise to the throne of

Constantine of Nicaea (365 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

graecus 256 (olim Y.II.10). One is a consolatory oration addressed to the megas hetaireiarches John Doukas on the death of his wife. Doukas took office

Andronikos Angelos Doukas (1,572 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Myriokephalon. In the following year, Andronikos led an embassy, which included the megas hetaireiarches John Doukas, Alexander, Count of Gravina, and George Sinaites

Protospatharios (861 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

place of the court hierarchy, between the primmikerios of the court and the megas archōn. According to the Klētorologion of Philotheos, the holders of the

Battle of Bapheus (904 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

2,000 men (half of whom were recently hired Alan mercenaries), under the megas hetaireiarches, George Mouzalon, to cross over the Bosporus and relieve

Theodora Angelina Palaiologina (221 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera. She was married with Andronikos Palaiologos, the megas domestikos of the Empire of Nicaea. Theodora and Andronikos had four children:

Battle of Rusokastro (726 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

right wing was commanded by the protostrator, the left wing was under the megas papias Alexios Tzamplakon, and the center was commanded personally by

Sebastos (1,008 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

governor (prokathemenos) of a fortress and of the droungarios, and after the megas myrtaïtes. Stiernon 1965, p. 226. ODB, "Sebastos" (A. Kazhdan), pp. 1862–1863

Hranislav (711 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

scholars interpret the role of the megas tzaousios as the head of the imperial guard and a chief assistant of the megas primikerios. In fact, the nature

Byzantine army (Komnenian era) (12,686 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

the army was the megas domestikos (Grand Domestic). His second-in-command was the prōtostratōr. The commander of the navy was the megas doux (Grand Duke)

Chandrenos (573 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Macedonia, where the Catalans had now moved to, under the overall command of the megas stratopedarches Angelos Palaiologos. Here Chandrenos was credited with

Droungarios (824 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

commander-in-chief of the entire Byzantine navy, until he was replaced in this task by the megas doux in the 1090s. The office of megas droungarios of the fleet continued

Allagion (1,128 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

archōn tou allagiou and the protallagatōr were under the supervision of the megas primmikẽrios. Very few holders of any of the offices of archōn tou allagiou

Andronikos Doukas Palaiologos (470 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

X Doukas and wife of Adrianos Komnenos—and was possibly the father of the megas hetaireiarches George Palaiologos (who may alternatively have been his

June 11 (4,860 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first margrave. 1345 – The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched

Andronikos II Palaiologos (3,712 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

where they were met by the fleet under the command of Alexios Raoul and the megas stratopedarches John Synadenos. The siege was successful, however an epidemic

Chartoularios (733 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

dēmoi, the Blues and Greens, of the Byzantine capital, Constantinople. The megas chartoularios was a Palaiologan-era honorary court title, recorded by

John Komnenos (son of Andronikos I) (780 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

According to Niketas Choniates, one of Andronikos' leading ministers, the megas hetaireiarches Constantine Tripsychos, was accused by his bitter rival

Kabbadion (240 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos in the garb of his office, including a richly-decorated blue kabbadion

Irene Komnene Palaiologina (704 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

repudiate the Union. Irene was born around 1218, the second daughter of the megas domestikos Andronikos Palaiologos and Theodora Angelina Palaiologina.

John I Doukas of Thessaly (2,730 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

and imprisoned them and appointed new commanders, the megas stratopedarchēs John Synadenos and the megas konostaulos Michael Kaballarios. The latter were

Protovestiarios (1,262 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

sixth place in the palace hierarchy, between the panhypersebastos and the megas doux. The insignia of the protovestiarios as a golden and green staff

Logothetes tou stratiotikou (602 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of the genitive "Hyaleou". Guilland suggests a possible identity with the megas adnoumiastes Alexios Hyaleas. Meliteniotes c. 1325 Andronikos II Palaiologos

Manuel Komnenos (son of Andronikos I) (2,547 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Constantinople. The increasing number of defections to the rebel culminated when the megas doux Andronikos Kontostephanos and the fleet went over to Andronikos.

John Rogerios Dalassenos (454 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Komnene (unascertained), who married John Kontostephanos, brother of the megas doux Andronikos Kontostephanos. ODB, "Rogerios, John" (C. M. Brand), pp

Byzantine Crete (1,744 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(the themes of Hellas and the Peloponnese) under the overall control of the megas doux, the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy. Aside from the revolt

John Synadenos (megas stratopedarches) (458 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328). Synadenos appears in 1276/1277, when, along with the megas konostaulos Michael Kaballarios, he led an army against the independent

Skouterios (526 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

1343/44 John VI Kantakouzenos (?) He died in 1343/44. Likely identical with the megas dioikētēs and katholikos kritēs of the same name, active in 1329–1341

History Repeating (84 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey History Repeating: Blue, an album by The Megas This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title History

Alexios IV of Trebizond (1,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Grand Komnenos", Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World: Asia Minor Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of the Megas Komnenos line, including Alexios". Genealogy.EU.

Nikephoros Tarchaneiotes (507 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

children: Theodora Tarchaneiotissa, who married Basil Kaballarios and later the megas stratopedarches Baladionites. She later became a nun with the name of

Andronikos Palaiologos (governor-general) (744 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Palaiologos, the founder of the Palaeologue dynasty. Andronikos was the son of the megas doux Alexios Palaiologos and Irene Komnene, grandson of Michael Palaiologos

Alexios Palaiologos (despot) (887 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Theodora, who married the grand domestic Andronikos Palaiologos, the son of the megas doux Alexios Palaiologos (from a different branch of the Palaiologos line)

Alexios Komnenos (co-emperor) (888 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

married the pansebastos Alexios Axouch. He was the son of John Axouch, the megas domestikos (commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army), who was a close

Logothetes tou dromou (1,100 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ministers to the logothetes ton sekreton, a post which later evolved to the megas logothetes. The subordinates of the logothetes tou dromou were: The protonotarios

Oficial Spartan (1,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vs. mask match on June 6, 2004, a match that was considered the end of the Megas Vs Comandos storyline. Following the culmination of the feud Los Megas

Michael of Trebizond (1,456 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

was sent off to Oinaion and then Limnia, where he was held captive by the megas doux John the Eunuch. When Michael's own son, John III, became emperor

Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy (8,075 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the deputy of the megas doux. Megas droungarios — Initially the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy; after the creation of the megas doux his lieutenant

Baioulos (607 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Pseudo-Kodinos, writing after the middle of the 14th century, did not know where the megas baioulos was to be ranked in the Byzantine hierarchy, but other contemporary

Aegean Sea (theme) (931 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

into the unified imperial navy at Constantinople, under the command of the megas doux. Thereafter, some time in the 12th century, the theme of the Aegean

Michael Tarchaneiotes (577 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

remainder of the army to withdraw. Tarchaneiotes married Maria, daughter of the megas doux Alexios Doukas Philanthropenos, sometime before 1262. Together they

Leo Sgouros (1,101 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

glass while waiting at his table. The imperial government despatched the megas doux, Michael Stryphnos, to counter him. Stryphnos spent the winter of

Alexios Doukas Philanthropenos (589 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the high title of protostrator. Theoretically, he was subordinate to the megas doux Michael Laskaris, but the latter was old and infirm, and Philanthropenos

Kata (daughter of David IV of Georgia) (539 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

among other scholars, by Cyril Toumanoff, holds that Kata was married to the megas doux Alexios Bryennios, a son of Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger and

Kritai katholikoi (338 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Joseph, Bishop of Apros, Gregory Kleidas, an archdeacon and dikaiophylax, the megas dioiketes Glabas, and Nicholas Matarangos, probably a scholar. They served

Praetor (3,857 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

tou demōu occupied the 38th place in the imperial hierarchy, between the megas tzaousios and the logothetēs tōn oikeiakōn, but held no official function

Gasmouloi (789 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, fiercely supporting their commander, the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, against John VI Kantakouzenos. After the latter's

Alexios Axouch (639 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

leader of Turkish ancestry. Alexios Axouch was the son of John Axouch, the megas domestikos of the Byzantine army, boyhood friend and "right-hand man"

List of Byzantine usurpers (6,225 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

monastery for the rest of his life. Andronikos Kontostephanos (1182) – the megas doux and commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy, he was a key supporter

Dioiketes (510 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

praktōr. A variant of the title survived into the Palaiologan period as the megas dioikētēs. In Modern Greek usage, the term means simply "administrator

Peloponnese (theme) (1,206 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

union became permanent, with both provinces coming under the control of the megas doux, the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy. Due to the latter's

Philanthropenos (518 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

megas hetaireiarches and governor of Lemnos, is attested in 1346, and the megas stratopedarches Michael Philanthropenos, a cousin of John V Palaiologos

Nikephoritzes (996 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the island of Prote and then Oxeia, where he was brutally tortured by the megas hetaireiarches Romanos Straboromanos and died as a result. Kazhdan 1991

John V Palaiologos (1,636 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

regency composed of his mother Anna, the patriarch John XIV Kalekas, and the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos. During this civil war in 1343 Anna pawned the

Quantum singularity (693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

disable the ship's logical processes and restore life support systems. In the Megas XLR episode "Battle Royale", the villain Magnanimous threatens to drop

Michael Panaretos (1,269 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

entry dated to April 1363: he was part of an embassy, which included the megas logothetes, George Scholaris, sent to Constantinople to negotiate a marriage

Battle of Philomelion (1,042 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of the First Crusade, the Byzantine armed forces, led by John Doukas the megas doux, reconquered the Aegean coastline and much of the interior of western

George Choumnos (416 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

imperial councils, even before Andronikos III's close friend and aide, the megas domestikos John Kantakouzenos. In 1339, he is also attested as head (kephalatikeuon)

John Vatatzes (megas stratopedarches) (480 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Patriarch John XIV Kalekas, and one of his daughters married a son of the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos. At the outbreak of the civil war in 1341, he initially

Caesar (title) (4,018 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

after the caesar; while under Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328) the megas domestikos was raised to the same eminence, when it was awarded to the

Monastery of Panagia Molyvdoskepastos (943 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the beginning of the 14th the middle cross vaulted section was added by the megas doux Andronikos Komnenos Palaiologos. At about the same time two chapels

John IV of Ohrid (1,073 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

unnamed. Theodora, born c. 1110, married Andronikos Kontostephanos, son of the megas doux Isaac Kontostephanos, and a distinguished commander during the early

Zealots of Thessalonica (1,387 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

succeeded in 1343 by Ioannes Batatzes and in 1344 by Apokaukos' son, the megas primikērios John Apokaukos. Real power in the city however rested with

John Palaiologos (brother of Michael VIII) (1,543 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

sometime after 1225 and before 1230, the son of Andronikos Palaiologos, the megas domestikos of the Empire of Nicaea, and his first wife Theodora Palaiologina

Logothete (1,680 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

officials, and carrying out a variety of fiscal and judicial duties. The megas logothetēs (μέγας λογοθέτης) or "Grand Logothete", originally established

List of Trapezuntine emperors (1,055 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Megas Komnenos dynasty of Trebizond

Isaac Komnenos (son of John II) (1,427 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

placing this episode in 1154, omitting Axouch, and considering Isaac as the megas stratarches ("grand master of the army") mentioned by Kinnamos; in this

BRAD Insight (612 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

partner with the Guardian Media Group plc on various events, including the MEGAs and the Changing Media Summit. and also sponsors several other media events

Adramyttium (3,128 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Bithynia to join the rebels, but was seized at Adramyttium and imprisoned. The megas doux Michael Stryphnos levied a fine on the Genoese merchant Cafforio

John Doukas (megas doux) (1,539 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

exchange for his safe departure and guarantees of the inhabitants' safety. The megas doux readily accepted and took possession of the city, naming Kaspax as

Alexios Strategopoulos (1,755 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

year he accompanied the army that was sent, under Michael's brother, the megas domestikos John Palaiologos, to confront the Epirote designs on Macedonia

Theodore Vatatzes (611 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Theodore and his wife had a number of children: John (c. 1132–1185), the megas domestikos, who won a notable victory over the Seljuk Turks (Battle of

Aydın (3,106 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the aim of forming a bulwark against Turkish encroachment in the area. The megas domestikos Michael Tarchaneiotes was given the task: he rebuilt the walls

Robert Nathan (902 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mia, 1970 The Elixir, 1971 The Summer Meadows, 1973 Heaven and Hell and the Megas Factor, 1975 The Barly Fields, 1938 (collection containing The Fiddler

Theodore Synadenos (1,409 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

he died impoverished in 1345 or 1346. Theodore Synadenos was a son of the megas stratopedarches John Synadenos and Theodora Palaiologina, the niece of

Orphanotrophos (1,406 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

supervision of two other officials, the chartoularios tou sakelliou and the megas kourator. The orphanotrophos was responsible for his wards and steward

Empire of Trebizond (4,828 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-960-467-121-2. Rustam Shukurov, Великие Комнины и Восток (1204—1461) ("The Megas Komnenos and the Orient (1204–1461)"). Saint Petersburg, 2001, 446 pp

Theodora Raoulaina (1,258 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of the Thracesian theme, while her mother was the second daughter of the megas domestikos Andronikos Palaiologos and thus the sister of the future emperor

Vize (2,189 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

at Bizye they were defeated again.: 291 In 1307, over the protests of the megas tzausios Humbertopoulos, the local population attempted to fight a Catalan

Constantine Komnenos Angelos (1,054 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

across the Bosporus from Constantinople. Following the defection of the megas doux (commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy) Andronikos Kontostephanos

Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos (378 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

He was married and had at least one son who married the daughter of the megas doux Loukas Notaras. Doukas tells how the younger Kantakouzenos was accompanied

Los Megas (1,203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vs. mask match on June 6, 2004, a match that was considered the end of the Megas Vs Comandos storyline. Following the culmination of the feud Los Megas

Hagia Sophia (25,724 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

assault ceased, and an amnesty was negotiated by the megas doux Andronikos Kontostephanos and the megas hetaireiarches John Doukas. Greek historian Niketas

John Kamateros (logothetes tou dromou) (805 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

career envisaged by Polemis is now considered to belong to another figure, the megas hetaireiarches John Doukas. Polemis 1968, pp. 78–79, 127. Polemis 1968

Manuel I Komnenos (11,929 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

a monastery on the spot where his father died. Swiftly, he dispatched the megas domestikos John Axouch ahead of him, with orders to arrest his most dangerous

Hellas (theme) (2,295 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

administration of Hellas and the Peloponnese came under the control of the megas doux, the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy. Due to the latter's

Amphipolis (3,052 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Amphipolis was the construction of a fortified tower to the north in 1367 by the megas primikerios John and the stratopedarches Alexios to protect the land that

John Taronites (sebastos) (596 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Taron. In ca. 1061–1063 he married Maria Komnene, the oldest daughter of the megas domestikos John Komnenos and Anna Dalassene, and oldest sister of Alexios

Megas XLR (1,295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

boneheads, not to mention a Legion of really angry Glorft intent on capturing the Megas, even if they have to resort to using the giant UMD Mech to do it, which

Loukas Notaras (2,018 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

whereupon Mehmet commanded that all three should be beheaded on the spot. The megas dux asked only that the two boys should meet their fate first, lest the

Constantine XI Palaiologos (15,930 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the most.[better source needed] Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, the megas domestikos (or commander-in-chief), disagreed with the emperor on a number

Michael VIII Palaiologos (5,227 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

later called the Ottoman Empire. Michael VIII Palaiologos was the son of the megas domestikos Andronikos Palaiologos by Theodora Angelina Palaiologina, the

Andronikos Kamateros (937 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

also rose to high office. Of his two known daughters, Theodora married the megas doux Michael Stryphnos, while Euphrosyne married the future Alexios III

Andronikos I of Trebizond (2,042 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

origin. W. Hecht casts doubt on a Latin origin of the family. Apart from the megas domestikos Alexios Gidos, who lived in the 12th century, the only other

Flag of Greece (5,679 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

cross" on the banner (phlamoulon) borne by imperial naval vessels, while the megas doux displayed an image of the emperor on horseback. During the Ottoman

Paul Palaiologos Tagaris (2,616 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

valiant and famous soldier, so that he is possibly identifiable either with the megas stratopedarches Manuel Tagaris, or with the latter's son, George Tagaris

El Castillo del Terror (2004) (1,334 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

masks match on June 6, 2004, a match that was considered the end of the Megas Vs Comandos storyline. Records are unclear on most of the wrestlers who

Gregory Kamateros (916 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

to share the responsibility of government with the parakoimomenos, but the megas domestikos John Axouch now dominated the court. Towards the end of his

Byzantine–Seljuk wars (4,716 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

capital of the Seljuk Turks. However, in a campaign in 1097 John Doukas, the megas doux (Alexios' brother-in-law), led both land and sea forces which re-established

Paul, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (966 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Gregoras. In early 1356, Paul, accompanied by the Byzantine ambassador, the megas hetaireiarches Nicholas Sideros, set sail for the papal court at Avignon

Osman I (14,295 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

2,000 men (half of whom were recently hired Alan mercenaries), under the megas hetaireiarches, Giorgios Mouzalon, to cross the Bosporus and relieve the

John Axouch (1,655 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

in Corfu (1148–1149), initially as commander of the land forces, while the megas doux Stephanos Kontostephanos commanded the fleet, but after the latter's

Constantine Mesopotamites (1,404 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

his enemies at court seized the chance offered by his absence. Led by the megas doux Michael Stryphnos, Mesopotamites' main rival due to his rampant corruption

Byzantine flags and insignia (5,172 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

phlamoulon) borne by Byzantine naval vessels, while the navy's commander, the megas doux, displayed an image of the emperor on horseback. From the 6th century

El Castillo del Terror (2003) (1,269 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

masks match on June 6, 2004, a match that was considered the end of the Megas Vs Comandos storyline. Following the culmination of the feud Los Megas

Droungarios of the Watch (1,701 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the Watch ranks 24th in the imperial hierarchy, between the Eparch and the megas hetaireiarches. The Grand Droungarios's distinctive court dress, as reported

1988 in animation (5,411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Miguel Diaz in the Batman Beyond episode "Unmasked", Little Tommy in the Megas XLR episode "DMV: Department of Megas Violations"). July 12: Christine

Saint Seiya: Episode.G (3,408 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

desire for revenge on the Olympian gods, attack Sanctuary to retrieve the "Megas Drepanon", the weapon into which Zeus had sealed their King, Kronos, in

Palaiologos (9,798 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

married John III's grandniece Theodora Vatatzaina and was appointed as the megas konostaulos of the Latin mercenaries employed by the empire. After John

1950 in animation (5,398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alien Leader in the What a Cartoon! episode "Gramps", Captain Warlock in the Megas XLR episode "Space Booty"). December 5: Nick Jameson, American actor,

Battle of Pelagonia (4,775 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

John Palaiologos, who held the quasi-imperial rank of sebastokrator, and the megas domestikos (commander-in-chief) Alexios Strategopoulos, and wintered in

1967 in animation (6,340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Marigold in the Hercules episode "Hercules and the Golden Touch", Darklos in the Megas XLR episode "DMV: Department of Megas Violations", Yan Yan in the American

Coronation of the Byzantine emperor (8,871 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

family only, while the lower court dignitaries attended, but did not dine. The megas domestikos was responsible for serving the emperors, or, if he was not

1975 in animation (6,052 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to Pay, Robin in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Superfriends", Ally in the Megas XLR episode "Terminate Her", continued voice of Belle). May 15: Ben Whitehead

List of fictional doomsday devices (12,562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Drej Mothership in the animated feature film Titan A.E. destroyed Earth. The Megas XLR episode "Breakout" features a gigantic alien known as "Grrkek the

List of Saint Seiya Episode.G characters (12,721 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

personality that often argue. After Kronos arrives at Sanctuary to reclaim the "Megas Drepanon", his evil side orders the Saints not to engage in battle. His

List of Saint Seiya Episode.G chapters (2,512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lithos escape. The Titan King regains his memories and dons his armor, the Megas Drepanon, to fight the Gold Saints. 18 August 19, 2011 978-4-253-23135-0

Succession to the Byzantine Empire (12,195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

officer of Greek descent from Corsica, claimed to be a descendant of the Megas Komnenos emperors of the Empire of Trebizond (who in turn were descendants

List of Kamen Rider Saber characters (14,406 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sword of Logos' swordsmen. Spartan (スパルタン, Suparutan): The wielder of the Megas Machete (メガスマチェーテ, Megasu Machēte) great sword and the Dinami Axe (ズィナミアックス