Metochites

Metochites (Μετοχίτης) is the name of a Byzantine aristocratic family dedicated to the civil service at Constantinople. The feminine form of the name is Metochitissa.
==History==
A relatively new family, the Metochitoi have recently emerged in Constantinople, following the Scythian Siege, although their rise is not particularly linked to Theodore II Laskaris's favor (and thus they cannot be classified as his New Men), even though they certainly benefited from the Emperor's anti-aristocratic policies. The family's founder was Theodore Metochites, an archdeacon at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He had a son, George, and a grandson, Theodore, both of whom served in the ecclesiastical bureaucracy.
Category:Byzantine families