| Andronikos I Gidos | |
|---|---|
| Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans | |
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| Emperor of Trebizond Claimant Byzantine Emperor | |
| Reign | 1222 – 1235 |
| Predecessor | Alexios I |
| Successor | John I |
| Died | 1235 |
| Spouse | A daughter of Alexios I of Trebizond |
| Family | Gidos |
Andronikos I Gidos (Greek: Ανδρόνικος Κομνηνός Γίδος, romanized: Andronikos Komnēnos Gidos),[b] Latinized as Andronicus I Gidus or Gidon, was an Emperor of Trebizond (1222–1235). He is the only ruler of Trebizond who was not a blood relative of the founder of that state, Alexios I Megas Komnenos. George Finlay suggests he may be the same Andronikos who was a general of Theodore I Laskaris.[2] During his reign, Trebizond successfully withstood a siege of the city by the Seljuk Turks, and later supported the Khwarazmshah in the latter's unsuccessful battle with the Seljuks.
- ^ a b Grierson 1982, p. 275.
- ^ Finlay, The History of Greece and the Empire of Trebizond, (1204-1461) (Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1851), p. 332 n. 1; repeated by William Miller, Trebizond: The last Greek Empire of the Byzantine Era: 1204-1461, 1926 (Chicago: Argonaut, 1969), p. 19
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