Manuel III of Trebizond

Manuel III Megas Komnenos
Emperor and Autocrat of all the East and Perateia
Coin of Manuel III, depicting him on horseback
Emperor of Trebizond
Reign20 March 1390 – 5 March 1417
PredecessorAlexios III
SuccessorAlexios IV
Born16 December 1364
Died5 March 1417(1417-03-05) (aged 52)
SpouseEudokia of Georgia
Anna Philanthropene
IssueAlexios IV Megas Komnenos
DynastyKomnenos
FatherAlexios III Megas Komnenos
MotherTheodora Kantakouzene

Manuel III Megas Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Μέγας Κομνηνός; 16 December 1364 – 5 March 1417)[1] was Emperor of Trebizond from 20 March, 1390 to his death in 1417.

The major event of Manuel's reign was the arrival of the Central Asian conqueror Tamerlane to Anatolia. This led to the virtual destruction of the Ottoman Empire, which had threatened the existence of Manuel's domain, in the Battle of Ankara. Although the Ottomans reconstituted their state after 10 years of civil war, this defeat extended the life and security of the Empire of Trebizond for several more decades.

  1. ^ Vougiouklaki Penelope, "Manuel III Grand Komnenos", Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World: Asia Minor