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Jončev 1978

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ID 130221
System Class Bibliography
Bibliography Article
Case Study Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355) , Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16

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Ljubomir Jončev, Die politischen Beziehungen zwischen den Balkanstaaten um die Mitte des 14. Jh. (1347–1362) nach der „Historia“ von Johannes Kantakuzenos, in: Études historiques 8 (1978) 123–140.

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Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Belkos Person Mentioned for the year 1350 by the Byzantine historian Ioannes Kantakuzenos. He was the ἄρχων of the Fortress Gynaikokastron. Ioannes Kantakuzenos designates him as a Serbian. He broke his promise to surrender the fortress Gynaikokastron to the Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos, as soon when the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan came with the Serbian troops to Thessalonike.
Lyzikos Georgios Person Died in 1351. He was a commandant of the soldiers at the acropolis in Thessalonike, 1328. He held the position of the governor of Edessa (Vodena), 1350–1351 (Λυζικὸς δὲ ὁ τῆς πόλεως ἄρχων). He came from Beroia. He defended the acropolis of Thessalonike against Andronikos III Palaiologos, just after the Byzantine Emperor had conquered the town. His soldiers forced him to handover the acropolis of Thessalonike to Andronikos III Palaiologos. He deafeated the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan at Kastoria. The Byzantine Emperor Ioannes VI Kantakuzenos appointed him 1350 as governor of the town Edessa (Vodena), which was captured by the Byzantine army recently. He was injured in Edessa (Vodena) during the Serbian invasion of the town. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan let Lyzikos’ beard to pull out as an act of revenge. Lyzikos was sent in chains to Skopje. He died on the way.