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| ID | 123884 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Bibliography |
| Bibliography | Article |
| Case Study | Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 |
Description
George Ostrogorsky, Observations on the Aristocracy in Byzantium, in: Dumbarton Oaks Papers 25 (1971) 1–32.
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Actors (2)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Relation Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margarites Ioannes | Person | Attested in the sources between 1342 and 1372/1373. He appears as κῦρ and οἰκεῖος of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V Palaiologos and of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the sources. He held the position of the Megas Hetaireiarches in 1348. According to the Praktikon issued in January 1342 by Michal Papylas Romanos was Ioannes Margarites the recipient of a confiscated land from Arsenios Tzamplakon located between Serres and Zichna and of a zeugelateion, which belonged to Kantakuzenos, near Zichna. He became these estates with the revenue of 55 hyperpyra and was fully exempted from paying taxes (κῦρ Ἰωάννην τὸν Μαργαρίτην ἀπὸ τῆς περὶ τὰ Ζίχνα καὶ τὰς Σέῤῥας ἀφαιρεθείσης ἀρτίως οἰκονομίας παρὰ τοῦ Τζαμπλάκωνος κυροῦ Ἀρσενίου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ τὰ Ζίχνα διακειμένου ζευγηλατείου τοῦ Καντακουζηνοῦ, ποσότητα ὑπερπύρων πεντήκοντα πέντε, καὶ κατέχῃ καὶ νέμηται ταύτην ἐλευθέραν πάντη καὶ ἀκαταδούλωτον). The possession of Ioannes Margarites at Kato Uska and Rachoba was declared exempt from the 9 nomismata tax and hereditary by the prostagma of the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes V. Palaiologos from October 1342. The former estates of Tzako [...], most probably Arsenios Tzamplakos, consisted of arable land and vineyards (Ἐπεὶ ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου ὁ Μαργαρίτης κέκτηται δι’ ἀπογραφικῶν ἀποδείξεων τοῦ τε οἰκείου τῆς βασιλείας μου μεγάλου χαρτουλαρίου κυροῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βατάτζη, καὶ τοῦ πανσεβάστου σεβαστοῦ οἰκείου τῆ βασιλεία μου ὀρφανοτρόφου κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου [ ] εἴς τε τὸ χωρίον τὴν Κάτω Οὔσκαν καὶ τὴν Ῥάχοβαν ἀπό τε Τζάκω[ ] ὑποστάσεων καὶ δημοσιακῶν γῆν τινα καὶ ἀμπέλια). Ioannes Margarites granted his land at Kato Uska to the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the gift of Ioannes Margarites in the chrysobull charter, which was issued in October 1345. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the endowment of Ioannes Margarites to the Batopedi Monastery in April 1348. It consisted of a property near the village Dratzoba, land in the vicinity of Mikra Neboliane, a property in the town of Kaisaropolis, a piece of land not far from the town Chrysupolis, house and a church in the town Chrysopolis (ὁ οἰκεῖος τῆ βασιλεία μου μέγας εταιρειάρχῃς κῦρ Ἰωάννης ὁ Μαργαρίτης δι’ τῆς βασιλείας μου ὅσον ἐκέκτητο περὶ Δράτζοβαν τὸ χωρίον καὶ γῆν εἰς τὴν Μικρὰν Νεβόλιανιν καὶ ὅσον εἶχεν εἰς τὴν Καισσαρόπολιν ἅτινα προκατεῖχε διὰ χρυσοβούλλου τῆς βασιλείας μου, ἀλλὰ δὴ καὶ τὴν εἰς τὴν Χρυσούπολιν γῆν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐντὸς τοῦ κάστρου ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ὀσπήτιν). He became a monk in the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. He probably requested a firman from the Ottoman Sultan. The Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres obtained the charter from Ottoman Sultan Murad I in 1372/1373. The monastery is mentioned in the charter as the church of Margaritis. | |||
| Raul, Alexios Dukas | Person | The identification with Raul (Trapp 2002, #24096) and Dux Alexios Raul (Trapp 2002, #93047) is doubtful. Mentioned in the sources from 1337/1352 to 1366. He appears as δοῦλος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan in the sources. He was the Megas Domestikos of Serbia, 1352 – 1366. He held the office of the governor (κεφαλή) of Zichnai, 1355. He was the father-in-law of Angelos (῎Αγγελος). He had a daughter. συμπένθερος of Stephanos Kalothetos (Κ Στέφανος Καλόθετος. θεῖος of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. He donated a land to the Asomatos metochion, which belonged to the Monastery of Saint John Prodromos near Serres. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the gift of Alexios to the monastery in a prostagma charter from September 1352. He was in the commision, which was entrusted by Iakobos, the Metropolitan of Serres, to delimit the metochion of the Philotheu Monastery in Kremna and Tzainu. He signed the document, which was issued by Iakobos in December 1355 (Ὁ δοῦλος καὶ θεῖος τοῦ κραταιοῦ καὶ ἁγιου ἡμῶν αὐθέντου καὶ βασιλέως Ἀλέξιος Δούκας Ῥαοῦλ † Ὁ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΔΟΜΕΣΤΙΚΟΣ). He had a long-term dispute with Stephanos Kalothetos, who was the father of Angelos. When Angelos died, Alexios asked Kalothetos to fulfil his obligations promised at the time of wedding. Kalothetos involved the monks of the Batopedi Monastery in the case by storing the valuable things in their monastery. The Serbian Empress Jelena (Helene) issued an horismos that allowed Alexios to demand the valuable things or an equivalent amount of money from Kalothetos. Since Kalothetos did not pay the entire sum, Alexios attacked the estates of the Batopedi Monastery. The monks had to pay the rest of the sum to Alexios. The conflict of all participants in the case was definitively brought to an end by the decision of the general judge of the Romans Theophylaktos Dermokaites. |