124:, Alexios's father George was killed. The campaign failed when the Byzantine force was trapped in an ambush and Kamytzes was captured. This success emboldened Ivanko, who now claimed the imperial title. In spring 1200, Alexios III pretended to be willing to begin negotiations, and sent Alexios Palaiologos to meet the rebel. Alexios gave solemn promises of safety, but when Ivanko appeared in the imperial camp, he was arrested and executed. In February of the same year, Alexios had been called upon to help with the riots that broke out in
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247:, "Palaiologos" (A. Kazhdan), pp. 1557–1560.
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932:Theodora Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria
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733:Andronikos Doukas Palaiologos
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101:, the future founder of the
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812:John Doukas Palaiologos
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535:Prosopographic Studies
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1030:John VIII Palaiologos
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170:Theodore Skoutariotes
138:John Komnenos the Fat
1139:Fernando Palaiologos
1025:John VII Palaiologos
884:Theodore Palaiologos
848:Eudokia Palaiologina
843:Theodore Palaiologos
322:, pp. 166, 171.
298:, pp. 114, 116.
79:megas hetaireiarches
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1204:12th-century births
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224:Palaiologan dynasty
216:Alexios Palaiologos
194:Alexios III Angelos
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36:Alexios III Angelos
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28:Ἀλέξιος Παλαιολόγος
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