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Andronikos III of Trebizond (1310–1332), Emperor of Trebizond from 1330 to 1332
Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond, illegitimate daughter of Andronikos III Palaiologos, reigning Empress of Trebizond in 1340–41
It was during his reign that the style of the rulers of Trebizond changed; until then, they claimed the traditional title of the Byzantine emperors, "Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans", but from John II on they changed it to "Emperor and Autocrat of all the East, the Iberians, and the Transmarine Provinces", although Iberia had been lost in the reign of Andronikos I Gidos.
John III Megas Komnenos (Greek: Ιωάννης Γ΄ Μέγας Κομνηνός, Iōannēs III Megas Komnēnos) (c. 1321–1362) was Emperor of Trebizond from September 4, 1342 to May 3, 1344.
The Seljuqs gained an outlet on the Black Sea to match their Mediterranean port at Antalya, and a wedge was driven between the Empire of Trebizond and the Byzantine Empire of Nicaea.
One of the chief of these citizens, Polemon, became King of Armenian Pontus (called after him "Polemoniacus") and of the coast round Trebizond.
The pro-Byzantine party in the capital invited Manuel's uncle Basil to return to Trebizond from Constantinople and to take over the government.
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Manuel II Megas Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Β΄ Μέγας Κομνηνός, Manouēl II Megas Komnēnos) (c. 1324–1333) was Emperor of Trebizond for eight months in 1332.
They were concentrated in what is today modern Greece and Greek Macedonia, western Asia Minor (especially in and around Smyrni), central Anatolia (espacially Cappadocia), northeastern Anatolia (especially in Erzurum vilayet, in and around Trebizond and in the Pontic Alps (roughly corresponding to the medieval Greek kingdom of Pontus, which was situated along the southeastern shores of the Black Sea and the highlands of the interior).
Saint Christopher of Trebizond was born in a village called Gazaree in Trebizond in the region of Pontus, Asia Minor.
According to Xenophon's Anabasis, "The Sea! The Sea!" (Thalatta! Thalatta!) was the shout of triumphant exultation given by the roaming 10,000 Greeks when, in 401BC, they caught sight of the Black Sea from Mount Theches in Trebizond and realised they were saved from near-certain death.
Aside from Constantinople and Trebizond, other Byzantine cities also featured tzykanisteria, most notably Sparta, Ephesus, and Athens, an indication of a thriving urban aristocracy.