Ruler · 1285 – 1355

Michael of Trebizond

Lived 1285 – 1355; monarch. Emperor of Trebizond of Empire of Trebizond, 1344 – 1349.

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Lived: 1285 – 1355; 70 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Empire of Trebizond
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Emperor of Trebizond

Empire of Trebizond · the 15th of 22 dated reigns · 1204 – 1461

11 before

Manuel II of Trebizond1332

Basil of Trebizond1332 – 1340

John III of Trebizond1342 – 1344

Michael of Trebizond1344 – 1349

Alexios III of Trebizond1349 – 1390

Manuel III of Trebizond1390 – 1417

Alexios IV of Trebizond1417 – 1429

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1344 – 1349 · 5 years · came to it aged 59

Came to it: the parent of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

He was deposed on 13 December 1349 by Megas doux Niketas, whom he had been forced to release from prison.

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