| Manuel I Megas Komnenos | |
|---|---|
| Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans | |
 Fresco from Hagia Sophia depicting Emperor Manuel I Megas Komnenos | |
| Emperor of Trebizond | |
| Reign | 1238 – March 1263 |
| Predecessor | John I |
| Successor | Andronikos II |
| Died | 1263 |
| Spouse | Anna Xylaloe Rusudan of Georgia, Empress of Trebizond Irene Syrikaina |
| Issue | Andronikos II Komnenos Theodora Megale Komnene George Megas Komnenos John II Megas Komnenos |
| Dynasty | Komnenos |
| Father | Alexios I |
| Mother | Theodora Axouchina |
Manuel I Megas Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Κομνηνός;[a] died March 1263) was the Emperor of Trebizond from 1238 until his death. He was the son of Emperor Alexios I and his wife, Theodora. At the time Manuel reigned, the Empire of Trebizond comprised a band of territory stretching along the southern coast of the Black Sea. Although Michael Panaretos, a 14th-century Trapezuntine chronicler, calls Manuel "the greatest general and the most fortunate" and states he ruled "virtuously in the eyes of God", the only event he documents for Manuel's reign is a catastrophic fire striking the city of Trebizond in January 1253.[2] The major events of his reign are known from external sources, most important of which is the recovery of Sinope in 1254, which had been lost to the Sultanate of Rum forty years before.
- ^ Jackson Williams, Kelsey (2007). "A Genealogy of the Grand Komnenoi of Trebizond". Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Mediaeval Genealogy. 2 (3): 175. hdl:10023/8570. ISSN 1479-5078.
- ^ Panaretos, Chronicle, ch. 3. Greek text and English translation in Scott Kennedy, Two Works on Trebizond, Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 52 (Cambridge: Harvard University, 2019), p. 5
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