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Alexios I Megas Komnenos Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός
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March/April 1204 – 1 February 1222 (17 years and 10/11 months) with David Komnenos (1204–1212)
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Grandson of Andronikos I Komnenos (Byzantine emperor 1183–1185). Captured Trebizond with the aid of Tamar of Georgia.
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c. 1182 – 1 February 1222 (aged 40) Died of natural causes
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Andronikos I Gidos Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός Γίδος
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1 February 1222 – 1235 (13 years)
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Son-in-law of Alexios I, possibly became emperor due to Alexios I's sons all being minors
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Unknown – 1235 Died of unrecorded causes
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John I Axouchos Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός Ἀξούχος[a]
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1235 – 1237/1238 (2 or 3 years)
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Son of Alexios I
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Unknown – 1237/1238 Died while playing polo
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Manuel I Megas Komnenos "the Most Fortunate" Μανουήλ Κομνηνός
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1237/1238 – March 1263 (25 or 26 years)
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Son of Alexios I
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Unknown – March 1263 Died of natural causes
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Andronikos II Megas Komnenos Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός
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March 1263 – 1266 (3 years)
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Son of Manuel I
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Shortly before 1240/1242 – 1266 (aged approx. 26) Died of unrecorded causes
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George Megas Komnenos "the Vagabond" Γεώργιος Μέγας Κομνηνός[b]
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1266 – June 1280 (14 years)
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Son of Manuel I
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After 1253 – after 1284 Deposed by the Trapezuntine nobility in favor of John II and imprisoned. Later released, attempted to retake the throne in 1284.
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John II Megas Komnenos Ἰωάννης Μέγας Κομνηνός
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June 1280 – 16 August 1297 (17 years and 2 months)
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Son of Manuel I
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c. 1262/1263 – 16 August 1297 (aged approx. 35) Died of natural causes
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Theodora Megale Komnene Θεοδώρα Μεγάλη Κομνηνή
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Autumn 1284 – 1285 (less than a year)
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Daughter of Manuel I, briefly usurped the throne from John II
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Between 1242 and 1253 – unknown Fled Trebizond in 1285 and disappears from history thereafter, might have gone into exile in Georgia
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Alexios II Megas Komnenos Ἀλέξιος Μέγας Κομνηνός Παλαιολόγος[c]
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16 August 1297 – 3 May 1330 (32 years, 8 months and 17 days)
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Son of John II
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Late 1283 – 3 May 1330 (aged 46) Died of the bubonic plague
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Andronikos III Megas Komnenos Ἀνδρόνικος Μέγας Κομνηνός
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3 May 1330 – 8 January 1332 (1 year, 8 months and 5 days)
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Son of Alexios II
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Unknown – 8 January 1332 Murdered two of his brothers upon his accession to the throne. Died of the bubonic plague like his father.
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Manuel II Megas Komnenos Μανουήλ Μέγας Κομνηνός
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8 January – 23 September 1332 (8 months and 15 days)
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Son of Andronikos III
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1323/1324 – 21 February 1333 (aged approx. 9) Deposed by his uncle Basil and murdered a few months later
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Basil Megas Komnenos Βασίλειος Μέγας Κομνηνός
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23 September 1332 – 6 April 1340 (7 years, 6 months and 14 days)
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Son of Alexios II, usurped the throne from Manuel II
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Unknown – 6 April 1340 Possibly poisoned by his first wife, Irene Palaiologina
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Irene Palaiologina Εἰρήνη Παλαιολογίνα
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6 April 1340 – 17 July 1341 (1 year, 3 months and 11 days)
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Widow of Basil, illegitimate daughter of Byzantine emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos. Seized control of the government after Basil's death.
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Unknown lifespan Deposed in favor of Anna and sent back to her family in Constantinople, fate thereafter unknown
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Anna Anachoutlou Ἀννα Μεγάλη Κομνηνή Ἀναχουτλού[d]
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17 July 1341 – August/September 1342 (1 year and 1/2 months)
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Daughter of Alexios II. Confined to a monastery as a nun, but escaped in 1341 and seized the throne with the aid of the Lazes.
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Unknown – 3 September 1342 Deposed in favor of John III and then strangled to death
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John III Megas Komnenos Ἰωάννης Μέγας Κομνηνός
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4 September 1342 – 3 May 1344 (1 year, 7 months and 29 days)
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Grandson of John II. Supported as emperor by the army and the Republic of Genoa.
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1321/1322 – March 1362 (aged approx. 40) Deposed in favor of his father Michael. Died nearly twenty years later, possibly of the plague.
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Michael Megas Komnenos Μιχαήλ Μέγας Κομνηνός
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3 May 1344 – 13 December 1349 (5 years, 7 months and 10 days)
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Son of John II and father of John III, proclaimed emperor after a palace coup against John III
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1288/1289 – unknown Forced to abdicate and become a monk. Last attested in 1351 as an exile in Constantinople.
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Alexios III Megas Komnenos Ἀλέξιος Μέγας Κομνηνός
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13 December 1349 – 20 March 1390 (40 years, 3 months and 7 days)
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Son of Basil. Exiled to Constantinople after his father's death in 1340. Proclaimed emperor with the support of the Byzantine emperor John VI Kantakouzenos after Michael's deposition.
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5 October 1338 – 20 March 1390 (aged 51) The longest-reigning emperor. Died of natural causes.
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Manuel III Megas Komnenos Μανουήλ Μέγας Κομνηνός
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20 March 1390 – 5 March 1417 (26 years, 11 months and 13 days)
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Son of Alexios III
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16 December 1364 – 5 March 1417 (aged 52) Possibly murdered by his son Alexios IV
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Alexios IV Megas Komnenos Ἀλέξιος Μέγας Κομνηνός
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5 March 1417 – 26 April 1429 (11 years, 11 months and 23 days)
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Son of Manuel III; co-emperor since 1395
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c. 1379 – 26 April 1429 (aged approx. 50) Assassinated by his son John IV
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John IV Megas Komnenos Ἰωάννης Μέγας Κομνηνός
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26 April 1429 – April 1460 (31 years) with Alexander Megas Komnenos (c. 1451–1459)
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Son of Alexios IV
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Before 1403 – April 1460 Died of natural causes
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Alexios V Megas Komnenos Ἀλέξιος Σκαντάριος Μέγας Κομνηνός
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April 1460 (very briefly)
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Son of the co-emperor Alexander, a son of Alexios IV
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1454 – 1 November 1463 (aged approx. 9) Deposed by his uncle David. Later executed by the Ottomans alongside him.
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David Megas Komnenos Δαβίδ Μέγας Κομνηνός
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April 1460 – 15 August 1461 (1 year and 3 months)
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Son of Alexios IV
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c. 1408 – 1 November 1463 (aged approx. 55) Settled in Adrianople in exile after the conquest of Trebizond by the Ottoman Empire. Later accused of treachery and executed.
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