John I of Trebizond
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John I Megas Komnenos Axouchos was Emperor
of Trebizond
from 1235 to 1238.
He was the eldest son of Alexios I of Trebizond
and Theodora Axuchina
, and was perhaps still a minor at the time of his father's death in 1222, as the throne passed to his brother-in-law, Andronikos I Gidos
.
John succeeded on his brother-in-law's death in 1235 and had a brief and uneventful reign of three years, dying in 1238 from an accident while playing tzykanion, a variant of polo fashionable among the Byzantine nobility. His young son Ioannikios was put into a monastery and his second brother Manuel I
ascended the throne, the second time a son was passed over in favour of another relative. Some sources suggest Ioannikios reigned briefly before abdicating and became a monk.
Emperor
An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife or a woman who rules in her own right...
of Trebizond
Empire of Trebizond
The Empire of Trebizond, founded in April 1204, was one of three Byzantine successor states of the Byzantine Empire. However, the creation of the Empire of Trebizond was not directly related to the capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, rather it had broken away from the Byzantine Empire...
from 1235 to 1238.
He was the eldest son of Alexios I of Trebizond
Alexios I of Trebizond
Alexios I Megas Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus was Emperor of Trebizond from 1204 to 1222. He was the eldest son of Manuel Komnenos and of Rusudan, daughter of George III of Georgia. He was thus a grandson of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos I. Andronikos was dethroned and killed in 1185...
and Theodora Axuchina
Theodora Axuchina
"Theodora Axuchina" is supposed by some to have been the wife of Alexios I of Trebizond. She is not mentioned in any source and both her first name and surname are just guesses made by modern genealogists.-Name:...
, and was perhaps still a minor at the time of his father's death in 1222, as the throne passed to his brother-in-law, Andronikos I Gidos
Andronikos I of Trebizond
Andronikos I Gidos or Andronicus I Gidus , , Emperor of Trebizond-Marriage:He married a Komnene, whose first name is unknown. He succeeded his father-in-law, Alexios I of Trebizond in 1222. His mother-in-law was Theodora Axuchina....
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John succeeded on his brother-in-law's death in 1235 and had a brief and uneventful reign of three years, dying in 1238 from an accident while playing tzykanion, a variant of polo fashionable among the Byzantine nobility. His young son Ioannikios was put into a monastery and his second brother Manuel I
Manuel I of Trebizond
Manuel I Megas Komnenos , Emperor of Trebizond from 1238 to 1263, surnamed the "Great Captain", was the second son of Alexios I, the first emperor of Trebizond, and Theodora Axuchina. He succeeded his brother, John I Axouchos...
ascended the throne, the second time a son was passed over in favour of another relative. Some sources suggest Ioannikios reigned briefly before abdicating and became a monk.