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639:(about 64 kg) of gold, according to Choniates. Kamytzes was released and conveyed to Prosek, from where he again wrote to the Emperor, asking that Chrysos be repaid from his own confiscated fortune, which, as he reminded the Emperor, was many times the sum in question. Alexios, however, "placed his relationship with the
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Manuel married around 1170, but his wife's name is unknown. He is known to have had a daughter—the Greek historian
Konstantinos Varzos suggests the possible name of Maria for her, after Manuel's mother—who was forced by Alexios III to divorce her husband and marry Dobromir in 1198. He also had a son,
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Kamytzes' life during the remainder of the reign of Isaac II is unknown, as is his role in, or opinion of, Isaac's overthrow by his own brother
Alexios III, although he was most likely not involved in it. Kamytzes apparently preserved his post and participated in Alexios' coronation ceremonies in the
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At the same time, Oinopolites was sent into
Thessaly to offer Kamytzes a pardon and full restoration to his rank. Kamytzes refused, and the Imperial army under Alexios III invaded Thessaly. In the ensuing battle, Kamytzes' army was defeated and he himself wounded in the leg. Fleeing the battlefield,
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in 1197. In early 1199, as
Alexios III briefly fell gravely ill, Kamytzes was one of the imperial relatives who put themselves forward for the throne. Later in the year, he was captured by Ivanko, but the Emperor not only refused to ransom him, but also confiscated his possessions and imprisoned his
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s capture a godsend, a delightful and excellent piece of good luck. Making a diligent search of all his assets, he laid his hands on the man's immense riches that befitted a monarch; he also sentenced his wife and son to prison, on what grounds I know not." Kamytzes sent letters to
Alexios pleading
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In 1199, Alexios III fell gravely ill, leading to a dispute about the succession. The
Emperor had only daughters, and although two of them had been wed to Byzantine aristocrats—Andronikos Kontostephanos and Isaac Vatatzes—who were thus heirs-apparent, both of them had died shortly before. Various
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Later in 1199, Ivanko rebelled against
Byzantine authority. Against him Alexios sent his new sons-in-law and Kamytzes. Ivanko managed to evade the three Byzantine commanders and flee to the mountains. Reluctant to engage in a possibly hopeless pursuit in the mountain fastnesses, the Byzantines
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and depose him, berated
Kamytzes for his inaction and ordered him to engage the Germans. As a result, Kamytzes with some 2,000 horsemen moved to set up an ambush for the Germans' supply train near Philippopolis, around 22 November 1189. The Germans were informed of this from the
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inhabitants of the fortress of
Prousenos, where Kamytzes had set up his main camp, and set out with 5,000 cavalry to attack the Byzantine camp. The two forces met by accident near Prousenos, and in the ensuing battle, Kamytzes' men were routed. The historian
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426:, he sent a message to Kamytzes, stressing that his sole intention was safe and peaceful passage through Byzantine lands. Kamytzes passed this on to Isaac II, but the latter, fearing that Barbarossa secretly intended to march on
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Enraged at his treatment by the
Emperor, Kamytzes joined with Chrysos in deciding to attack the neighbouring Byzantine provinces. According to Choniates' account, they easily took Pelagonia (modern
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appear to have had some success. In autumn 1201, Alexios III took the field himself, but in the end it was diplomacy that proved most effective. The Emperor offered the hand of his granddaughter,
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While Spyridonakes was swiftly defeated by the despot Alexios Palaiologos, the revolt of Kamytzes proved a more difficult affair for the Byzantines. The Imperial troops under the eunuch
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to be ransomed, but the Emperor refused. In desperation, after about a year of captivity, Kamytzes turned to his son-in-law, Dobromir Chrysos. The latter agreed, and paid the sum—200
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notes, the motivation of Kamytzes' rebellion was "revenge rather than a true attempt to seize imperial power", since no source claims that he ever adopted the imperial insignia.
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by the Crusaders, the Kamytzai were among the four largest landowners in the Empire. The family was still considered one of the most prominent aristocratic clans by
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to be of Greek origin, but other scholars believe that the family originates with the Turkish mercenary commander Kamyres, who entered Byzantine service in 1083.
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Born around 1150, Manuel Kamytzes was the son of Constantine Kamytzes and Maria Angelina Komnene. From his mother, Manuel inherited the prestigious surnames of "
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on one scale of the balance and his wealth on the other and weighed both; he found that the second was by far the heavier", and again refused Kamytzes' pleas.
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1654:O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniatēs
1631:Power and Contestations in Byzantium (963–1210)
391:, that had been gaining ground in the northern
373:that defeated and killed the rebel before the
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1626:Pouvoir et contestations à Byzance (963–1210)
729:named John Kamytzes. After his death and the
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1725:Niketas Choniates: A Historiographical Study
338:Portrait of Isaac II, from the 15th-century
191:in the northern Balkans, as well as against
507:held the reins of the new emperor's horse.
410:crossed Byzantine territory as part of the
242:Manuel's father is only known from funeral
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1774:Varzos, Konstantinos (1984).
1751:The Genealogy of the Komnenoi
1743:Varzos, Konstantinos (1984).
1623:Cheynet, Jean-Claude (1990).
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650:Map of the wider region of
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900:, p. 690 (note 2).
873:, p. 650 (note 4).
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270:family. Her mother,
252:Manganeios Prodromos
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2009:Alexios III Angelos
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457:Alexios III Angelos
264:Constantine Angelos
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246:by the court poets
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1945:Theodore Mangaphas
1699:Kazhdan, Alexander
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