Siege of Trebizond (1282)
Siege of Trebizond | |||||||
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Part of the Byzantine-Georgian wars | |||||||
Empire of Trebizond in the 1300s. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Empire of Trebizond | Kingdom of Imereti | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John II of Trebizond | David I of Imereti |
The siege of Trebizond in April 1282 was an unsuccessful siege of Trebizond, the capital of the namesake empire, by the Georgian king David I of Imereti.[1] 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 (reigned 1280–1297) with the Palaiologan Byzantine court at Constantinople. Though King David failed to take the city, the Georgians occupied several provinces.[2]
Sources[]
- Savvides, Alexios G. K. (2009). Ιστορία της Αυτοκρατορίας των Μεγάλων Κομνηνών της Τραπεζούντας (1204–1461). 2η Έκδοση με προσθήκες [History of the Empire of the Grand Komnenoi of Trebizond (1204–1461). 2nd Edition with additions] (in Greek). Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Brothers S.A. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-960-467-121-2.
References[]
- ^ (in Georgian) „ჭანეთ-ლაზეთის ისტორიის გამო“, Pavle Ingorokva.
- ^ William Miller, Trebizond: The last Greek Empire of the Byzantine Era: 1204–1461, 1926 (Chicago: Argonaut, 1969), p. 30
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