Constantine Palaiologos (half-brother of Michael VIII)

Constantine Palaiologos or Palaeologus () (died 1271) was a Byzantine nobleman and the younger half-brother of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Life and career Constantine was born , to Andronikos Palaiologos, Grand domestic of the Empire of Nicaea and his unknown second wife.

The life of Constantine is unknown until 1259, when he was appointed Caesar by his elder half-brother, Michael VIII. The following year, he was also created a sebastokrator. He commanded the Byzantine forces on an unsuccessful campaign against the Latin Principality of Achaea, where his army was routed at the Battle of Prinitza. However, Constantine had already left the region by the time of the major Byzantine defeat at the Battle of Makryplagi in 1263/1264.Hooper, N. & Bennett, M., The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare (1996), p. 104 Books.Google.com

Sometime after returning from the campaign against the Principality of Achaea, Constantine became a monk under the name Kallinikos. He died in 1271.

Marriage and family Constantine was married c. 1259/60 to Irene Komnene Laskarina Branaina,Pachymeres Vol I, De Michaele Palaeologo, Liber II, 5, p. 97 by whom he seems to have had five children"

Michael Komnenos Branas Palaiologos"Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople" (transl. Alice-Mary Talbot), 137 Andronikos Branas Doukas Angelos Palaiologos"Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople" (transl. Alice-Mary Talbot), 138 Maria Komnene Branaina Laskarina Doukaina Tornikina Palaiologina.'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot), 139 Married Isaac Komnenos Doukas Tornikios."Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople" (transl. Alice-Mary Talbot), 140 Theodora. Married John Komnenos Doukas Angelos Synadenos and had three children. Later became a nun under the name Theodoule. Daughter (name unknown). Married Smilets of Bulgaria.Pachymeres Vol II, Andronicus Palæologus, Liber V, 18, p. 407

Footnotes

References George Pachymeres, De Michaele Palaeologo & Andronicus Palæologus George Acropolites, Annals

Hooper, N. & Bennett, M., The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare (Cambridge University Press, 1996) , 'Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople' (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot), from Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents: A Complete Translation of the Surviving Founder's Typika and Testaments, Thomas, J. & Hero, A.C. (eds.) (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington D.C. 2000)