Alexander na Trebizond

**Alexander Megas Komnenos** (Girkanci), ya kasance co-sarkin Daular Trebizond tare da babban ɗan'uwansa John IV Megas Komnenos  1451-1459. Alexander shi ne ɗan na biyu na sarki Trapezuntine Alexios IV Megas Komnenos . An kori John bayan tawaye da ya gaza a kan mahaifinsu a cikin  1426, kuma Alexios ya sanya Alexander magajin da aka zaba. Yahaya ya koma Trebizond a farkon 1429 kuma ya kwace kursiyin, ya kashe Alexios kuma ya tilasta wa Alexander zuwa gudun hijira. 

Yayinda yake gudun hijira, Alexander ya zauna a Constantinople, kamar yadda 'yar'uwarsa Maria ta auri sarki na Byzantine John VIII Palaiologos . Alexander ya yi ƙoƙari ya sami goyon bayan Byzantine da Genoese wajen shirya balaguro don kawar da John kuma ya ɗauki kursiyin Trapezuntine don kansa, amma bai yi nasara sosai ba. A ƙarshen 1437, Alexander ya auri Maria Gattilusio, 'yar Dorino I Gattilusio ubangijin Lesbos, kuma a cikin ƙoƙari na samun abokan tarayya don yaƙi da ɗan'uwansa. A wani lokaci, John da Alexander sun sulhunta yayin da Alexander ya sake zama a Trebizond a cikin 1450s. Wataƙila Yahaya ya motsa shi da gaskiyar cewa ba shi da 'ya'yansa maza kuma bai amince da ɗan'uwansu ɗaya ba, Dauda, don gayyatar Alexander ya dawo kuma ya sanya shi a matsayin magaji da kuma co-sarki a shekara ta 1451. Alexander ya mutu kafin John, ya mutu a shekara ta 1459, kodayake ɗansa kuma ɗan da aka sani kawai, Alexios V Megas Komnenos, ya gaji John a matsayin sarki a shekara ta 1460.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Alexander a cikin 1405  a matsayin ɗan na biyu na Alexios IV Megas Komnenos, wanda ya mallaki Daular Trebizond daga 1417 zuwa 1429. Yana da 'yan'uwa maza biyu; babba John da ƙarami David, da kuma akalla' yan'uwa mata uku, ɗaya daga cikinsu ita ce Maria, wacce ta auri sarki na Byzantine John VIII Palaiologos (r.  1425-1448).  A cikin rubuce-rubucen masanin tarihi na zamani Laonikos Chalkokondyles, ana kiran Alexander Skantarios, sunan da ke da alama na asalin Turkiyya,  watakila yana da alaƙa da İskender, nau'in Turkiyya na Alexander.[ Finlay ya ba da shawarar a cikin 1851 cewa mutanen zamaninsa sun kira Alexander Skantarios kuma wannan ya nuna tasirin Turkiyya a cikin yaren Girkanci na Trebizond . [ malaman zamani, kamar Michel Kuršanskis,  da kuma Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit, suna amfani da sunan Skantarios maimakon Alexander. [5]

A matsayinsa na ɗan fari, Alexios da farko ya sanya ɗan'uwan Alexander John a matsayin magaji, kuma mai yiwuwa ya haɗa shi da ikon mulkin mallaka a matsayin co-sarki. Dangantaka tsakanin Alexios IV da Yahaya ta lalace a duk lokacin mulkin Alexios, saboda burin Yahaya da kuma ganin Alexios a matsayin mai mulki mai rauni. Batutuwan iyali sun kai ga raguwa a shekara ta 1426, lokacin da John ya gano cewa mahaifiyarsa (matar Alexios) Theodora Kantakouzene tana da alaƙa da mai ba da kuɗi. Yahaya ya kashe mutumin da hannunsa sannan ya kaddamar da juyin mulki na fadar, ya ɗaure iyayensa a cikin ɗakunan su a fadar sarki. Da yake damuwa cewa Yahaya yana shirin kashe su duka biyu, mutanen Trapezuntine sun shawo kan jama'a cewa Yahaya zai zama mai mulki mafi muni fiye da Alexios, kuma ya tilasta masa ya gudu daga birnin, kafin ya saki Alexios da Theodora. John ya gudu zuwa Georgia,  inda ya auri 'yar Sarki Alexander I (r.  1412-1442).  Bayan tawaye na Yahaya, Alexios ya bayyana ya sanya ɗansa na gaba, Alexander, a matsayin magaji a maimakon haka, kuma watakila ya sanya shi co-sarki.