Empire of Trebizond | |||||||||||||
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1204–1461 | |||||||||||||
![]() Double-headed eagle flag as depicted in Western portolans | |||||||||||||
![]() Map of the Empire of Trebizond shortly after the foundation of the Latin Empire in 1204, featuring the short-lived conquests in western Anatolia by David Komnenos (later reconquered by the Empire of Nicaea) and Sinope (later conquered by the Sultanate of Rum). | |||||||||||||
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Capital | Trebizond | ||||||||||||
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Religion | Greek Orthodoxy | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Notable emperors1 | |||||||||||||
• 1204–1222 | Alexios I | ||||||||||||
• 1238–1263 | Manuel I | ||||||||||||
• 1280–1297 | John II | ||||||||||||
• 1349–1390 | Alexios III | ||||||||||||
• 1459–1461 | David | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Late Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Establishment | 1204 | ||||||||||||
• Fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade | 12 April 1204 | ||||||||||||
• Submission to the Mongol Empire | 1243 | ||||||||||||
• Permanent loss of Sinope | 1265 | ||||||||||||
• John II renounces Imperial claims | 1282 | ||||||||||||
• Trapezuntine Civil Wars | 1340–1349 | ||||||||||||
• Fall of Trebizond | 15 August 1461 | ||||||||||||
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1the full title of the Trapezuntine emperors after 1282 was "the faithfulBasileusandAutokratorof All the East, the Iberians and Perateia" |