Empire of Trebizond
The Empire of Trebizond, or Trapezuntine Empire, was a monarchy and one of three successor rump states of the Byzantine Empire that flourished during the 13th through 15th centuries, consisting of the far northeastern corner of Anatolia (the Pontus) and the southern Crimea. The empire was formed in 1204 with the help of the Georgian queen Tamar after the Georgian expedition in Chaldia and Paphlagonia, commanded by Alexios Komnenos a few weeks before the sack of Constantinople. Alexios later declared himself Emperor and established himself in Trebizond (modern day Trabzon, Turkey). Alexios and David Komnenos, grandsons and last male descendants of deposed Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos, pressed their claims as "Roman Emperors" against Byzantine Emperor Alexios V Doukas. The later Byzantine emperors, as well as Byzantine authors, such as George Pachymeres, Nicephorus Gregoras and to some extent Trapezuntines such as John Lazaropoulos and Basilios Bessarion, regarded the emperors of Trebizond as the "princes of the Lazes", while the possession of these "princes" was also called Lazica, in other words, their state was known as the Principality of the Lazes. Thus from the point of view of the Byzantine writers connected with the Laskaris and later with the Palaiologos dynasties, the rulers of Trebizond were not emperors.
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Empire of Trebizond
LOC
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monarchy
Concept
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rump state
Concept
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Byzantine Empire
LOC
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NUMBER
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NUMBER
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Anatolia
LOC
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Crimea
LOC
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DATE
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Tamar
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Georgian expedition
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Chaldia
LOC
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Paphlagonia
LOC
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Alexios
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sack of Constantinople
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Emperor
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LOC
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David Komnenos
PER
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PER
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Alexios V Doukas
PER
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PER
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Basilios Bessarion
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emperors of Trebizond
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Concept
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LOC
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Laskaris
Concept
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Concept
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Empire of Trebizond
LOC
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Byzantine Empire
LOC
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Empire of Trebizond
LOC
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DATE
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Concept
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LOC