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Darrouzès 1977

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Case Study Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16

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Jean Darrouzès, Les regestes des actes du patriarcat de Constantinople V (1/5: Les regestes de 1310 à 1376) (Paris 1977).

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Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Alamanina Person Mentioned in the decision of the Patriarch of Constantinople Ioannes XIII Glykys and the Synod about the marriage between Konstantinos Palates and the daughter of Alamanina from 1315. She and her daughter came from Melnik. Konstantinos Palates agreed to marry her daughter. After Konstantinos discovered her handicap, he fled abroad and stayed there for four years. The Patriarch of Constantinople Ioannes XIII. Glykys and the Synod granted divorce to the marriage of Konstantinos Palates and of the daughter of Alamanina in a decision decree from September or December 1315.
Alexios Person B: Megas Stratopedarches in Makedonien, 1358 - vor 1373-08; Megas Primikerios, 1357; Herrscher von Chrysopolis/Strymon u. Anaktorupolis (Eleutherupolis/Makedonien) u. Thasos, 1357 - vor 1373-08; Archon in Christupolis (Kavala), 1365 - vor 1373-08 D: † zw. 1368-03 - 1373-08. V: B. d. ᾽Ιωάννης, Megas Primikerios. συμπένθερος d. Παλαιολόγος ᾽Ιωάννης V. R: οἰκεῖος d. Παλαιολόγος ᾽Ιωάννης V. L: Gründete zusammen mit seinem jüngeren B. ᾽Ιωάννης, Megas Primikerios, 1362/63 das Pantokrator-Kl. auf d. Athos. Erzielte Teilerfolge im Kampf gegen die Serben im Küstengebiet an der Strymonmündung. 1374-01-10 erhielt sein B. ᾽Ιωάννης, Megas Primikerios, das Bürgerrecht von Venedig irrtümlich unter dem Namen d. Alexius.
Angelikudes Kallistos Person He is to be identified with Kallistos Kataphygiotes and Kallistos Telikudes. He was active in the second half of the 14th century. He was born around 1325 according to Koutsas. He died after 1377. He appears as a κῦρ in the charters of the Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos. He was a Monk, man of letters and Pro-Palamite Theologian. He founded the small monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik. The Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos appointed him between March and May 1371 as father confessor for his fellow monks. The patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos declared at Kallistos’ request his foundation a starouropegial monastery in May 1371. He and his monks are mentioned in an unpublished document from the Batopedi Monastery, which was issued in the year 1377. He composed the treatise Hesychastic consolation (Ἡσυχιαστικὴ παράκλησις), which consisted of 30 sermons. He refuted no less than 2000 extracts from the Summa contra Gentiles of Thomas Aquinas, which he know from the greek translation made by Demetrios Kydones. He is the author of more than 220 chapters dedicated to the Palamite teaching. Most of them were later incorporated in the Philokalia collection. He also wrote hymns, prayers and of a letter probably to his disciple Makarios Kataphygiotes.
Asanes Ioannes Person B: Statthalter von Melenikon, 1342; Statthalter in Morrha/Thrakien, 1343; Heerführer, 1345; Sebastokrator, 1347 - 1355; Statthalter von Kpl, 1350; Despot, 1355 - 1358 (?); Statthalter von Peritheorion/Thrakien, 1355. V: S. d. ᾽Ασάνης, ᾽Ανδρόνικος Παλαιολόγος Κομνηνός. Β. d. ᾽Ασάνης, Μανουὴλ Κομνηνὸς ῾Ραούλ u. d. Καντακουζηνὴ Εἰρήνη u. d. ῾Ελένη. Heir. T. d. ᾽Απόκαυκος ᾽Αλέξιος 1347. R: 1337 Verschwörer gegen Παλαιολόγος ᾽Ανδρόνικος ΙΙΙ. Anhänger d. Καντακουζηνὸς ᾽Ιωάννης VI. 1347/48-1352 Gefolgsmann d. Καντακουζηνὸς Ματθαῖος, den er dazu überredete, die Kaiserherrschaft anzustreben. Wurde nach dem Machtwechsel von Παλαιολόγος ᾽Ιωάννης V. als Statthalter von Peritheorion eingesetzt. L: 1337 - 1341 in Bera/Thrakien inhaftiert.
Bardales, Markos Angelos Person Probably identical with the poet Markos Angelos, who wrote the poem on Eros and other verses on the emperor. He was active in the middle of the 14th century. Mentioned in the chrysobull charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Batopedi Monastery from April 1348 and in the act of the Ecumenical Patriarch Kallistos and the patriarchal synod from September 1350. He appears as κῦρ and οἰκεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI. Kantakuzenos. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in April 1348 the endowment of Markos Angelos to the Batopedi Monastery. It consisted of chapells, houses, fields and vineyards from his patrimonial property in the area of Zichna (ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου κῦρ Μάρκος ὁ Ἄγγελος εὐκτήρια, ὀσπήτια, χωράφια καὶ ἀμπέλια ἐκ γονικῆς αὐτῶν ὑποστάσεως ὅσα καὶ οἷα εἰσίν). He was among noble witnesses in the case of hieromonk Niphon before the patriarchal synod in September 1350.
Hyperpyros Person Mentioned in the charter of Philotheos Kokkinos, the Patriarch of Constantinople, for the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik from May 1371. He donated a vineyard in Bitzanklaba to the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik (ἕτερον ἀμπέλιον περὶ τὴν Βιτζάγκλαβαν, ὅπερ ἔδωκεν ὁ Ὑπέρπυρος).
Ioannes Person B: Megas Primikerios, 1357 - 1386; Protosebastos, bis 1357; Herrscher von Chrysopolis/Strymon u. Anaktorupolis (Eleutherupolis/Makedonien) u. Thasos, 1357 - 1386; Statthalter von Christupolis (Kavala), 1365 - 1386 D: † 1386/87 (?) (vor 1394). V: B. (jüngerer) d. ᾽Αλέξιος, Megas Stratopedarches. Heir. ᾽Ασανίνα, ῎Αννα Κοντοστεφανίνα vor 1369. γαμβρός d. Παλαιολόγος ᾽Ιωάννης V. θεῖος d. Παλαιολόγος ᾽Ανδρόνικος IV. L: Gründete zusammen mit seinem B. ᾽Αλέξιος, Megas Stratopedarches, 1362/63 das Pantokrator-Kl. auf d. Athos. Erzielte Teilerfolge im Kampf gegen die Serben im Küstengebiet an der Strymonmündung. Vertrieb 1371 die Türken vom Athos. 1384-08-01 verfaßte er sein Testament. A: Offenbar (trotz OstSer 147-151) doch nicht identisch mit Παλαιολόγος ᾽Ιωάννης, Megas Primikerios, der 1375/76 - 1377 Protostrator war (KydEp II 61. ADochO 239. 247f.). Sein Mönchsname findet sich nur InscrAth 160. Er hatte offensichtlich keine (namentlich bekannten) Kinder. Παλαιογόπουλος u. Δούκας werden zwar von ihm als παιδία bezeichnet (APant 15 ἐκ τῶν δύο μου παιδίων, τοῦ Π. καὶ τοῦ Δ.), doch unterscheidet er zwischen diesen (Dienern od. Schützlingen? auch 14, Z. 123 τὰ παιδία, οὓς [sic!] ἀνέθρεψα ... ἐφάνησαν πιστότατοι usw.) u. deren Kindern (παῖδες Z. 130). Im weiteren spricht er von παιδία u. ἀδελφοί d. Kl.s (14, Z.133. 15, Z.164), als deren κοινὸς πατὴρ καὶ ἀδελφός (Z. 154) er sich erwiesen habe. Vgl. dazu bereits Petit (APant XII), der von "favoris" spricht, sowie BozAsen 343f. Ebenso differenziert er in seinem Testament zwischen ἀδελφοί - "(Mit)brüdern" - u. seinem leiblichen B. (αὐτάδελφος ΑΡant 11, Z. 26). MM I 476 werden er u. sein B. fälschlicherweise kollektiv als οἱ ᾽Αλέξιοι bezeichnet.
Isaris Georgios Person Deceased by April 1374. He appears as κῦρ, οἰκεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan and the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos in the sources. He was in charge of Megas Drungarios τοῦ στόλου, 1344. Eparchos, 1348–1350. Megas Primikerios, 1366. Megas Konostaulos, 1367–1374. He was married to Xene Isarina. He had two sons (Michael Angelos Isaris and Theodoros Komnenos Isaris). His son-in-law was Georgios Stanisas. He was a wealthy landowner, who possessed several estates around Thessalonica. He was probably the student of Georgios Akindynos. He also corresponded with him. He was a supporter of the anti-Palamite party. When he turned his coat, he was criticized by Georgios Akindynos as a traitor. He was among the witnesses to the charter of protovestiarites Ioannes Dukas from September 1344, who rejected the claim of the revenue office on the part of the place Diabolokampos, a property of the Docheiariu Monastery. He joined in summer 1345 the proponents of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos. He was nearly killed during the revolt of the Zealots. He met Gregorios Palamas on Moun Athos between September 1347 and September 1348. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated in April 1348 the dependant peasants in the area of Hermelia, which belonged to Georgios Isaris. The Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos gave in December 1350 several landed estates to Demetrios Kokalas in addition to his oikonomia. He mandated Georgios Isaris with Manuel Chageres to execute the task. He had a 11 years lasting quarrel with the Hilandar Monastery. He required the sum, which Georgios Stanisas, his son-in-law, paid in order to obtain adelphata. When Stanisas died, Isaris tried to get the money of his son-in-law back. He did not even hesitate to forge documents related to the affair. He was a friend of Makarios Chumnos and probably sponsored his foundation of Nea Moni in Thessalonica.
Kasandrenos Person Mentioned in the sources from 1300 to 1335. He appears as πανσέβαστος σεβαστός and οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos in the sources. He held the position of λογαριαστὴς τῆς αὐλῆς. He owned some land near Ropalia in 1300. His property near Topolobikos is mentioned in the praktikon of Demetrios Apelmene from March 1301, in the praktikon of Konstantinos Kunales, Demetrios Kontenos and the Prokathemenos Leon Kalognomos from November 1318 and in the praktikon of Konstantinos Pergamenos and Georgios Phariseos from September 1320. He was the addressee of a letter written by Michael Gabras between 1315 and 1319. His name was erased in the letter. He possessed estates in the village Chudena before 1318 (surely long before July 1334). He owned the village τοῦ Γεωργηλᾶ with the hamlet Apidea and the village τοῦ Εὐνούχου with the manor Goreantzes before March 1319. He is mentioned in the decision charter of Esaias, the Patriarch of Constantinople, and the synod concerning the dispute between Sebastos Konstantinos Muzalon and Nikolaos Kephalas from April 1324. He is probably identical with the Kasandrenos, who joined on the 20th March 1326 together with Andronikos Komnenos Dukas Palaiologos Tornikes at Amphipolis the embassy from Constantinople heading to the Serbian king. He unjustly acquired the rights for fishing at Chudena and Neboliane before 1333.
Kyrillos Person Mentioned in the sources from June 1355 to 1379. He appears as ὑπέρτιμος or kyrь in the sources. He was the Metropolitan of Melnik (ὁ ταπεινὸς Μελενίκου καὶ ὑπέρτιμος Κύριλλος, dostolěpni i v’sečьstni prěōsvešten’ni mitropolitь bogozdan’nago grada Mel’nika). He attested the authenticity of the charter from June 1355 concerning the sale of a plot of land in Chomnos Stolos near Melnik. Before May 1356 he found the Church of Saint Nicholas in Melnik damaged. He restored the church, built a wall around it and a tower (kyrь Kirilь ō crьkvi svetago Nikoli čudotvor’ca Stožьskoga kako jestь naš’lь ōnuzi crьkvь svetago Nikoli Stož’koga porušenu, i ōnь ju jestь ōbnovilь i sьzidalь i ōšte i k’tomu pirьgь sьzidalь svoimь trudomь i ōtkupomь). The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V confirmed in a chrysobull in May 1356, together with his mother, the Empress Jelena-Jelisaveta, the possession of the Church of Saint Nicholas in the town of Melnik with its landed property and holdings in Psalině and Gr’dali to the Metropolitan Kirilь. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V donated also the village Smilovo to him (I za tozi uspomenutije prěōsvešten’nago ni mitropolita kyrь Kirila prije gospožda mi i mati carьstva mi carica kyra Jelisaf’ti i carьstvo mi, i darovasmo mu ōnuzi kjeliju, crьkvь svetago Nikoli Stožьs’koga i pirьgь što si estь samь zidalь sь vsěmi pravinami i s selomь što si estь drьžala tazi crьkvь, i s planinomь. I zapisa mu carьstvo mi Kondarata sь stasiōmь i s perivoljemь i s vinogradomь i s nivijemь što si estь drьžalь i prěgje u Psalině. I staьs Jullianova u Grdali na čemь jestь sědělь Svinoglavь sь v’sěmi pravinami stasi těh’zi. I ōšte se carьstvo mi zьgovori z gospoždomь caricomь materiju carьstva mi i pridados’mo selo Smilovo sь vsьmi pravinami i s megjami i sь zasel’ci kako su drьžali vlasteličiki carьstva mi v’se čisto. I ošte mu zapisa carьstvo mi vinograd Tukarevь i Luv’rov što mu su darovali vlasteličiki carьstva mi Vitomirь i Staniša. I kupeničije što si jestь kupilь samь mitropolitь Kyrilь i priložil pod ōnuzi crьkvь da mu něstь vol’nь nikto potvoriti). Kyrillos is mentioned in the patriarchal decree from 1379 concerning the property dispute of the Spelaion-Monastery.
Laskarina Anna Person Mentioned in the decision of the Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos and the Synod from July 1365. She appears as κυρὰ in the document. Her husband held the position of ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης and therefore the document refers to her as ἐπιτραπέζαινα. She was the widow of Laskaris. She was a relative of Kontostephanos. She was the rightful owner of a richly decorated sword, which belonged earlier also to Kontostephanos. She was in dispute with the widow of Kontostephanos because of the sword. The patriarchal synod ordered Kontostephanina to offset Anna Laskarina with something of an equivalent value.
Laskaris (1) Person Died before 1365. He held the position of ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης in April 1348. He was married to Anna Laskarina. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the former property of Laskaris in April 1348 to the Batopedi Monastery. It consisted of the 500 modioi large estate called Aleurun near Chrysopolis and a 150 modioi large possession also near Chrysopolis (ὡσαύτως καὶ τὴν εἰς τὴν Χρυσούπολιν γῆν τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ Λάσκαρι τοῦ επὶ τῆς τραπέζης τὴν ὀνομαζομένην Ἀλευροῦν, μοδίων οὖσαν πεντακοσίων, καὶ ἑτέραν πλησίον τοῦ κάστρου μοδίων ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα). He fell in a battle before 1365.
Metrophanes Person Mentioned in several sources between 1334/1347 and 1354. He was Metropolitan of Melnik from 1347 to 1352 and καθολικὸς κριτὴς τῶν ῾Ρωμαίων in 1351. He confirmed in November 1334 or 1349 the endowment of the Monastery Theotokos tu Dempelake by the Bishop Kyprianos of Pheremai to the Monastery of Saint John Baptist near Serres. He signed the Tomos of 1351. He was sent twice in 1352 by Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos on a unsuccesful mission to Ioannes V. Palaiologos, who was at that time in Didymoteichon. He was the assessor of Synod in Constantinople in September 1350, December 1353 and probably also in January and June 1354.
Palates Konstantinos Person Mentioned in the decision of the Patriarch of Constantinople Ioannes XIII Glykys and the Synod about the marriage between Konstantinos Palates and the daughter of Alamanina from 1315. He was page of the Byzantine Emperor before 1311 (ἀπὸ τῶν παιδοπούλων τοῦ κρατίστου καὶ ἁγίου μου αὐτοκράτορος). He was married to the daughter of Alamanina. Konstantinos Palates came from Melnik. He agreed to marry the daughter of Alamanina, not knowing about her handicap on the face, on the eye and on the hands, which he discovered only when he signed the marriage contract. He did not want to live with her and therefore he fled abroad and stayed there for four years. The Patriarch of Constantinople Ioannes XIII. Glykys and the Synod granted divorce to the marriage of Konstantinos Palates and of the daughter of Alamanina in a decision decree from September or December 1315.
Spyridon Person B: Patriarch (serb.) von Peć, 1379 - 1389, Erzbischof; Metropolit von Melenikon , 1377 L: 1386 (?) beanstandete man in Kpl seinen Trisepiskopat u. weigerte sich, mit ihm die Messe zu zelebrieren. Die Anerkennung d. serbischen Patriarchats durch die Mutterkirche ist strittig, der Titel ὁ νῦν πατριάρχης Πεκίου für Sp. aber in einer Urkunde von 1386-08 belegt. Die Frage wird von Barišić einleuchtend so gelöst, daß man dem Erzbischof zugestand, in seinem Verwaltungsgebiet weiterhin den Titel Patriarch zu führen, während er sich seitens der Mutterkirche mit der Anrede "Erzbischof" begnügen mußte.
Tarchaneiotes Georgios Person Mentioned in the decision of the Patriarch of Constantinople Ioannes XIII Glykys and the Synod about the marriage between Konstantinos Palates and the daughter of Alamanina from 1315. He was an inhabitant of Melnik. He was engaged to the daughter of Alamanina. He dissolved the engagement with her, after he became aware of her handicap.
Tornikina Anna Person Issuer of the donation deed for the Pantokrator Monastery on the Holy Mount Athos from August 1358. She was married to the Pinkernes Demetrios Tornikes and therefore held the title of Pinkernissa. She was probably the daughter of Parakoimomenos Andronikos Kantakuzenos. Her offsprings were Ioannes Kantakuzenos, Andronikos Tornikes, Maria Tornikina and Eirene Tornikina. She owned a domain at Beltzista in the region of Zabaltia. She became the domain as a dowry from her father. This property was in 1358 in the hands of the Serbs. She promised a half of her possession to the Pantokrator Monastery in August 1358, because their founders, Megas Stratopedarches Alexios and Megas Primikerios Ioannes, were succesfull in reconquering the land from the Serbs in the area between Christupolis and the mouth of the Strymon. Anna Tornikina expected that they could also recover her domain.
Treatzos Person Mentioned in the charter of Philotheos Kokkinos, the Patriarch of Constantinople, for the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik from May 1371. He donated a vineyard in Malesta to the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik (ἀμπέλιον, ὅπερ ἔδωκεν ὁ Τρεάτζος τῷ μονυδρίῳ περὶ τὸν τόπον εὑρισκόμενον τὸν καλούμενον Μάλεσταν).
Unklesis Ioannes Person He died on 29th June 1371 during the battle against the Ottomans at Černomen/Marica. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V bestowed on 9th August 1365 the title of Despot upon him. Ioannes Unklesis enlarged the Simonos Petra-Monydrion and made from it the Simonos Petra-Monastery on the Mount Athos out of gratitude for being awarded with the title. He endowed it with many lands. Ioannes Unklesis issued between 9th August 1365 and October 1368 a chrysobull charter regarding his ktitorial activity in the Simonos Petra-Monastery on Mount Athos, which has been preserved only in the transcription of Kyrillos Lukaris, the Patriarch of Constantinople, from 1622/1623. He designates himself as δεσπότης καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ πάσης Σερβίας καὶ Ῥωμανίας in this charter. He signed the charter in favour of the Zographu-Monastery on the Mount Athos in February 1369 as Ἰωάννης ἐν Χριστῶ τῷ Θεῷ πιστὸς δεσπότης καὶ αὐτοκράτωρ, ὁ Οὔγκλεσης. He designated his reign since March 1368 as βασιλεία. He retained this self-designation till 1371. This self-designation appears in the Slavic documents in the form „carstvo“. He was the groom (ἱπποκόμος) of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. Ioannes Unklesis, who held the position of grand duke, confirmed in 1358 an endowment of his mother-in-law, the wife of Boichnas, for the Kutlumus Monastery (ὅπερ ἐπροσίλοσεν ἡ ἁγία μου κυρία ἡ Κεσάρισα πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν μονὴν ἐν τι τοποθεσία τὴ ἐπικεκλημένι ἡ Προυνέα χάριν ψυχηκὴς δωρεὰς αὐτῆς ζευγαρίων τεσσάρον... ἐγὼ Οὔγλεσις μέγας βοεβόδας ἀπὸ τὴς αὐτοῦ ἐλεημοσίνης τοὺ αὐθέντου ἡμῶν τοὺ πανευτυχεστάτου δεσπότου καὶ τοὺ ἀδελφοὺ αὐτοὺ τοὺ [...τ...]ου μου στέργο καὶ βεβεῶ τὰ τιαύτα χωράφια εἰς τὴν Προυνέαν γὴν ζευγαρίων τεσάρον ὅπος νέμωσην οἱ τιαύτοι μοναχοὶ τὴς θείας βασιλεικῆς μονῆς τοὺ Κουτλουμούσι ἀκολείτος). He signed the document as velik vōevoda. His father was Margnaua (Orbini)/ Margna (Luccari), who was a poor nobleman from Livno in Hum. Ioannes Unklesis was the cousin (ἀνεψιός) of Helene, the Serbian Empress. His brother was Demetrios Blukasinos and his sister was Helene. The husband of his sister was Nikolaos Radochnas (Νικόλαος ῾Ραδόχνας, Nikola Radonja). He was married to Euphemia. Ioannes Unklesis was the son-in-law of Boichnas (Voihna). He was the father of Uglješa, who died as a child. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan took his father and the whole family to the court. The senate of the Ragusan republic (Consilium rogatorum) granted the payment of 50 ducats to Ioannes Unklesis on 22th July 1346 (In consilio rogatorum, in quo interfuerunt 34 consiliarii, captum fuit per omnes, nemine discortante, quod Ugiesse barono huius contrate noviter misso a domino imperatore, pro confirmanda et captanda benivolentia cum ipso ei ut habeat causam bene vivendi cum terra, de avere comunis detur et donetur eidem usque florenos seu ducatos L, prout videbitur d. comiti et suo minori consilio). Ioannes Unklesis governed independently in the are of Serres, Christupolis (Kavala), Philippoi, Drama and Zichnai. He had a good connection to the monks in Mount Athos and acknowledged Sabas, the Protos at the Mount Athos, in 1369 as his spiritual father. The Batopedi Monastery on the Mount Athos obtained at the beginning of the year 1365 from Ioannes Unklesis the Monastery of Theotokos Spelaiotissa in the vicinity of the town Melnik with vineyards and gardens, the village Tzukarades, land near the gate of the Lower Town of Melnik, twelwe subjects within the fortress of Melnik, the village Katunitza, the monydrion Hagios Georgios Aliseres, the village Hagia Kyriake, the village Dempreane, the village Mpusdobos, four mills within the fortress of Melnik, two mills in Katunitza, and other lands in the vicinity of the town Melnik. The Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos issued in September 1365 a chrysobull charter at the request of the Despot Ioannes Unklesis, in which he donated estates in the vicinity of Serres and Kalamaria to the Hilandar Monastery (Ἐπεὶ ὁ περιπόθητος ἀνεψιὸς τῆς ὑψηλοτάτης δεσποίνης Σερβίας καὶ περιποθήτου ἀδελφῆς τῆς βασιλείας μου, εὐτυχέστατος δεσπότης τῆς Σερβίας κῦρ Ἰωάννης ὁ Οὔγκλεσις, ἐζήτησε καὶ παρεκάλεσε τὴν βασιλείαν μου ἵνα γένηται χρυσόβουλλον τοῖς μοναχοῖς τῆς κατὰ τὸ ἅγιον ὄρος τοῦ Ἄθω διακειμένης σεβασμίας μονῆς, τῆς εἰς ὄνομα τιμωμένης τῆς πανυπεράγνου δεσποίνης καὶ θεομήτορος καὶ ἐπικεκλημένης τοῦ Χελανταρίου, καὶ κατέχωσι καὶ εἰς τοεξῆς τὸ περὶ τὰς Σέρρας χωρίον, τὸ καλούμενον τοῦ Ποθολινοῦ, ἔτι τε τὸ ἐν τῇ Καλαμαρίᾳ ἕτερον χωρίον τὸ καλούμενον Λιγνὸν μετὰ τῆς σκάλλας αὐτοῦ). In January 1366 ugodni vlastelin Novakь Mrasorovikь addressed the request to the Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis and also to the Serbian King Demetrios Blukasinos to approve his donation of the village Koprivljane to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos. Both of them confirmed the endowment of Novakь Mrasorovikь to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos in a separate chrysobull charter (Sьdrьžeštu mi sia vsa blagověrьnōmu i Bogomь postavlěnnōmu despotu Iōanu Ugleši despotьstvujuštu; blagōvěrьnyi despotь Iōannь Uglešь). The Despot Ioannes Unklesis sponsored the hospital at the Batopedi Monastery and the Esphigmenu Monastery as well. He erected the monydrion of Saint Nicholas at Karyes. He was the ktitor of the small church of Saint Anargyroi at the Batopedi Monastery, where he is portrayed as a patron. The Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis confirmed the donation of Kaisar Boichnas (Voihna) for the monk and spiritual father Daniil. He approved all privileges concerning the Church of the Saint Archangels Michael and Gabriel above Gabrovo for him (Kako pride kь carьstvu mi čьstni starьcь duhovьnikь kyrь Daniil…Mihaila i Gabrila više Gabrova, i prinese mi zapisanie gospodina….roditelě mi kesara, i viděhь pročtohь čto jestь zapisalь i….kesarь Voihna, i ini hristoljubivi crьkvi onoizi ljud…..zemle: bystь hotěnije carьstvu mi kudě godě mu se što nahodi……hru….ljud…..vinogradь, perivolja, ili i mlinь, ima hotěnije carьstvo mi kako da je……vь věkomь, i da jestь pace svobodna, nikiimь nepotьknovlenno….). Ioannes Unklesis donated in April 1369 the village Neōhorь on the plain of Mavrovo with all boundaries and rights to the Monastery of Kutlumus. The monastery obtained all estates, which were in possession of Theōdorь Ōduevikь. The community of monks on the Mount Athos received also pronoia helders with people, land parcels and fruit trees, which were in some way dependent upon Kalabaris (Kalavar) (selo u poli Mavrovьskom imenem Neōhorь sь vsemi megami i s pravinami sela togai, sь vsemь što e drьžalь Theōdorь Ōduevikь pri carstvě mi, i pri Kalavari proniari što su drьžali ili ljudi ili vokie sь vsem periorom sela). At the instance of the monk Theodosios and his confreres from the Monastery Batopedi Ioannes Unklesis pledged to grant in November 1369 120 hyperpyra per annum, extracted from the revenues of the lake of Porou, to the monastery. The Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis gave between 1369 and 1371 the selište located between the village Akroterion (Akrotirion) and the river Plumiska as a tax-free property to the Monastery of Batopedi with all rights. The selište was a possession of Lanzo (probably Lantzaretos), who lived at the time as Kalabaris or was bonded by a certain contract with Kalabaris (i darova crtvo mi ōbitěli prstie Bce Vatopedu selište megju Akrotiro, i megju Plumsko šte e drьžalь Lanzo pri Kalavari sь vsemi megjami i pravinami sela toga). The Protaton on Mount Athos gathered in December 1370 at the behest of the Serbian Despot Ioannes Unklesis ruled the dispute over the village of Mpresnitza in favour of the Hilandar Monastery. He endowed in 1370/1371 the Hilandar Monastery with the village Akroterion (Akrotirion) and the katun of Vlachs Zarvince. He gave also pastures and hunting grounds in the vicinity of the village Akroterion and the katun of Vlachs Zarvince to the monastery (I priložihь na jezěre, u prěděle rědinьskōmь, selo Akrotirь i s pašišti i sь lovišti i sь v’sěmi megjami i pravinami sela toga. I selo katunь vlahь imenemь Zar’vin’ce sь v’sěmi pašišti i megjami i pravinami sela togo). Ioannes Unklesis donated in or before 1371 a vineyard and a farmland in the place called Koremistes to the monastery complex Theotokos Kataphygion near Melnik (ἕτερον ἀμπέλιον καὶ ζευγηλατεῖον, εὑρισκόμενα περὶ τὸν τόπον τῆς Κορεμίστης, ἅπερ ἔδωκεν ὁ εὐτυχέστατος δεσπότης Σερβίας ὁ Οὔγκλεσης). In January 1371 Sabas, the Protos at the Mount Athos, granted the small monastery of Makrou to Ioannes Unklesis. In April 1371 Ioannes Unklesis donated the fishpond of Saint Theodore in the lake of Porou with all its possessions and rights, including the fishing privileges in the lagoon, to the Batopedi Monastery. Ioannes Unklesis established the contact with Constantinople in 1367/1368 in order to reconcile with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and to overcome the schism. He therefore received Theophanes, the Metropolitan of Nikaia and at the same time emissary of the patriarch of Constantiople, at his residence. He send im March 1368 a letter to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which has been preserved in the Register of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Ioannes Unklesis proposed in the letter that the metropolises in the territory of his realm, among them the Metropolises of Drama, Christupolis, Serres and Zichna should respect the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Philotheos Kokkinos, the Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Ecumenil synod issued a charter in May 1371, where they officialy proclaimed the Union with the eparchies under the control of Ioannes Unklesis. Philotheos Kokkinos describes him as ὁ εὐτυχέστατος δεσπότης Σερβίας, κῦρις Ἰωάννης ὁ Οὔγκλεσης, τοῦ πλέον τοῖς ἡμετέροις μέρεσιν ἐγγίζοντος τόπου κύριος καταστὰς, ἄνθρωπος ὑπάρχων φρόνιμος καὶ καλὸς καὶ τρόπου καὶ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς καὶ τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ φόβον κεκτημένος, ἠθέλησεν ἐπανασώσασθαι τὰς ἐκκλησίας ταύτας τῇ ἰδίᾳ μετρὶ καὶ κεφαλῇ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν. Demetrios Blukasinos and his brother Ioannes Unklesis commanded the Serbian forces, which fought against the Ottoman army commanded by the Beglerbeg Lala Şahin Pasha and Evrenos near the village Černomen on 26th September 1371. His name is attested in the brebion (memorial book), which has been preserved at Protaton in Karyes on Mount Athos (Protaton 340 [113], 1v: Ἔτι δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ μακαρίας μνήμης καὶ ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τῶν ἀειμνήστων δούλων τοῦ Θεοῦ Δημητρίου κράλη καὶ Ἰωάννου δεσπότου καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτοῖς ἀναιρεθέντων ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν).