He participated in the Byzantine campaigns in the Morea in the early 1260s, and was taken prisoner by William II of Villehardouin after the Battle of Makryplagi (1263/1264). Apparently released at some later date, in ca. 1270 he held the offices of "epi tes trapezes" and governor of Thessalonica. Along with the "despotes" John Palaiologos, he led a Byzantine army against John I Doukas of Thessaly, but was defeated and killed in the Battle of Neopatras (variously dated to 1273–1275).