David of Trebizond

David Megas Komnenos
Emperor and Autocrat of all the East and Perateia
David Megas Komnenos, as depicted in a modern religious icon
Emperor of Trebizond
ReignApril 1460 – 15 August 1461
PredecessorAlexios V
SuccessorNone, Fall of Trebizond
Bornc. 1408
Died1 November 1463(1463-11-01) (aged 54–55)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
SpouseMaria of Gothia
Helena Kantakouzene
IssueBasil Megas Komnenos
Manuel Megas Komnenos
Anna Megale Komnene
George Megas Komnenos
1 other daughter
DynastyKomnenos
FatherAlexios IV Megas Komnenos
MotherTheodora Kantakouzene

David Megas Komnenos (Greek: Δαυίδ Μέγας Κομνηνός, romanizedDavid Megas Komnēnos; c. 1408 – 1 November 1463) was the last Emperor of Trebizond from 1460 to 1461. He was the third son of Emperor Alexios IV of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene. Following the fall of Trebizond to the Ottoman Empire, he was taken captive with his family to the Ottoman capital, Constantinople, where he and his sons and nephew were executed in 1463.

In July 2013, David and his sons and nephew were canonized by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Their feast day was determined as 1 November, the anniversary of their deaths.[1]

  1. ^ "Canonization of New Saints by the Ecumenical Patriarchate". Ecumenical Patriarchate - Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.