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| الاسم | فترة الحكم | المانح | ملحوظات | المرجع |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Béla III of Hungary | 1163–1169 | Manuel I Komnenos | Son-in-law and heir-presumptive until 1169, thereafter demoted to Caesar |  |
| Theodore Vatatzes | unknown | Manuel I Komnenos | Married to Manuel I's sister Eudokia. His holding of the title is attested only in the seal of his son. |  |
| Alexios Palaiologos | 1200–1203 | Alexios III Angelos | Son-in-law and heir-apparent of Alexios III, second husband of Irene Angelina. Maternal grandfather of Michael VIII |  |
| Theodore I Laskaris | 1203–1208 | Alexios III Angelos | Son-in-law of Alexios III, he was probably granted the title of despot after the death of Alexios Palaiologos. He founded the Empire of Nicaea and was proclaimed emperor in 1205, although he was not crowned until 1208 and was still formally despot until then. |  |
| Leo Sgouros | 1203/1204–1208 | Alexios III Angelos | Ruler of much of southern Greece, he met Alexios III after he was evicted from Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade. Sgouros married Eudokia Angelina and was named despot and heir-apparent by the exiled emperor |  |
| John Chamaretos | 1208 – unknown | Alexios III Angelos | Lord of Laconia, mentioned as despot in a letter from 1222. He was possibly awarded the title by Alexios III after Leo Sgouros' death |  |
| Andronikos Palaiologos | 1216 – unknown | Theodore I Laskaris | Son-in-law and heir-apparent of Theodore I. Very little is known about him with certainty. He married Irene Laskarina and was raised to despot, but died soon after. |  |
| Manuel Komnenos Doukas | 1225/1227–1230 | Theodore Komnenos Doukas | Brother of Theodore, he was raised to the rank of despot after Theodore crowned himself emperor. As heir to Theodore and ruler of Thessalonica, Manuel held the title of emperor (basileus) after 1230 |  |
| Constantine Komnenos Doukas | 1225/1227 – unknown | Theodore Komnenos Doukas | Brother of Theodore, he was raised to the rank of despot after Theodore crowned himself emperor. |  |
| John Komnenos Doukas | 1242–1244 | John III Vatatzes | Ruler of Thessalonica, he abandoned the imperial title and acknowledged the suzerainty of Nicaea in 1242, being rewarded with the title of despot. |  |
| Demetrios Angelos Doukas | 1244–1246 | John III Vatatzes | Inherited rule of Thessalonica from his brother John and was conferred like him with the title of despot. Deposed by John III in 1246. |  |
| Michael II Komnenos Doukas | before 1246–1267/1268 | John III Vatatzes | Nephew of Manuel, ruler of Epirus |  |
| Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas | before 1248/1250–1297 | John III Vatatzes | Son and heir of Michael II of Epirus, he was awarded the title on his betrothal to Maria, the granddaughter of John III. He ruled Epirus from his father's death in 1267/1268. |  |
| Michael VIII Palaiologos | 1258–1259 | John IV Laskaris | Leader of the nobles, he was declared regent after the murder of George Mouzalon and raised first to megas doux and then, within weeks, to despot. He was crowned emperor on 1 January 1259. |  |
| John Palaiologos | 1259 – c. 1273/1275 | Michael VIII Palaiologos | Brother of Michael VIII, he was elevated to the rank of despot following his victory at the Battle of Pelagonia. He renounced the insignia and privileges of a despot, but not the title itself, after his defeat at the Battle of Neopatras in 1273/1275, and died shortly after. |  |
| Demetrios Doukas Komnenos Koutroules | unknown | Michael VIII Palaiologos | Third son of Michael II of Epirus, he married Anna, one of the daughters of Michael VIII, and was named Despot. |  |
| Constantine Palaiologos | unknown | Michael VIII Palaiologos | Third son of Michael VIII, he is attested as a Despot in seals. |  |
| John II of Trebizond | 1282–1297 | Michael VIII Palaiologos | Emperor of Trebizond, he was persuaded to renounce his own claim to be "Emperor of the Romans" and accept the title of despot and the hand of Michael VIII's daughter Eudokia. John visited Constantinople in 1282, when the title was conferred and the marriage with Eudokia took place. He nevertheless retained the imperial title in an altered form. |  |
| Thomas I Komnenos Doukas | 1290–1318 | Andronikos II Palaiologos | Only son and heir of Nikephoros I of Epirus |  |
| Constantine Palaiologos | 1292–1320s | Andronikos II Palaiologos | Second son of Andronikos II, he was named despot on his marriage to the daughter of Theodore Mouzalon |  |
| John Palaiologos | 1294 – unknown | Andronikos II Palaiologos | Third son of Andronikos II, he was named despot on 22 May 1294 |  |
| Alexios II of Trebizond | c. 1297–1330 | Andronikos II Palaiologos | Son and successor of John II of Trebizond |  |
| Demetrios Palaiologos | 1306 – after 1343 | Andronikos II Palaiologos | Fifth son of Andronikos II, named despot in 1306 |  |
| Theodore Palaiologos | unknown | Andronikos II Palaiologos | Fourth son of Andronikos II, named despot at an unknown date, from 1305 Marquess of Montferrat |  |
| Manuel Palaiologos | unknown – 1320 | Andronikos II Palaiologos | Second son of Michael IX Palaiologos, named despot at an unknown date, killed by mistake by his brother Andronikos III Palaiologos |  |
| Michael Palaiologos | before 1341 – unknown | Andronikos III Palaiologos | Second son of Andronikos III, named despot at a very young age |  |
| Momchil | 1343/44–1345 | Anna of Savoy | Bulgarian ruler of the Rhodopes, awarded the title by the Empress-regent during the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, in order to detach him from John VI Kantakouzenos, who titled him sebastokrator. Effectively independent until defeated and killed by Kantakouzenos' army. |  |
| Manuel Kantakouzenos | 1347–1380 | John VI Kantakouzenos | Second son of John VI, named despot after the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, first "Despot of the Morea" from 1349 until his death |  |
| Nikephoros II Orsini | 1347–1359 | John VI Kantakouzenos | Son-in-law of John VI, named despot after the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, ruler of Epirus in 1335–1338 and 1356–1359 |  |
| Manuel Komnenos Raoul Asanes | before 1358 – unknown | John VI Kantakouzenos | Brother-in-law of John VI Kantakouzenos, named first sebastokrator by him and despot at an unknown date |  |
| John Kantakouzenos | 1357 – unknown | John V Palaiologos | Eldest son of Matthew Kantakouzenos, named despot on his father's abdication of his imperial title |  |
| Theodore Palaiologos | before 1376–1407 | John V Palaiologos | Third son of John V, from 1383 until his death "Despot of Lacedaemon" |  |
| Thomas II Preljubović | 1382–1384 | John V Palaiologos | Son of Gregory Preljub, he was given the rule of Ioannina and its region by his father-in-law Simeon Uroš in 1367. The title of Despot was not formally conferred by the Byzantine Emperor until 1382 however. |  |
| Esau de' Buondelmonti | ca. 1385 – 1411 | John V Palaiologos (?) | An Italian, he was possibly involved in the murder of Thomas Preljubović, and succeeded him as ruler of Ioannina when he married his widow Maria. |  |
| Michael Palaiologos | unknown | John V Palaiologos | Third son of John V, ruler of Mesembria, murdered in 1376/7 |  |
| Theodore Palaiologos | 1406/1407–1448 | Manuel II Palaiologos | Second son of Manuel II, Despot in the Morea from 1407, and in Selymbria from 1443 to his death |  |
| Andronikos Palaiologos | 1409 – c. 1424 | Manuel II Palaiologos | Third son of Manuel II, Despot in Thessalonica from 1409 until 1423 (styled "Despot of Thessaly" by Doukas), shortly thereafter he entered a monastery |  |
| Carlo I Tocco | 1415–1429 | Manuel II Palaiologos | Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, he succeeded in obtaining Ioannina in 1411 shortly after the death of his uncle Esau de' Buondelmonti. To formalize his position, in 1415 he sent his brother Leonardo to Emperor Manuel to obtain confirmation as Despot. In 1416, Carlo re-united the old Despotate of Epirus by capturing Arta as well. |  |
| John Palaiologos | unknown | Manuel II Palaiologos | Son of Andronikos, Despot of Thessalonica. He is mentioned as holding the title in 1419. |  |
| Constantine XI Palaiologos | unknown – 1449 | Manuel II Palaiologos | Fourth son of Manuel II and last Byzantine emperor. Despot in Selymbria until 1443, thereafter co-Despot in the Morea until 1449, when he succeeded to the Byzantine throne |  |
| Demetrios Palaiologos | 1425–1460 | Manuel II Palaiologos | Fifth son of Manuel II, Despot in Lemnos from 1425 to 1449, in Mesembria from 1440, co-Despot in the Morea from 1449 until the Ottoman conquest in 1460 |  |
| Thomas Palaiologos | 1428–1460 | John VIII Palaiologos | Sixth son of Manuel II, co-Despot in the Morea from 1428 until the Ottoman conquest in 1460. According to Sphrantzes, however, he was not titled Despot until 1449, when his brother Constantine became emperor. |  |
| Carlo II Tocco | 1429–1448 |  | Successor of Carlo I Tocco as Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos and ruler of Epirus. He claimed the traditional title of "Despot" but was never officially conferred it by a Byzantine emperor |  |
| Manuel Kantakouzenos | 1453 |  | Grandson of Demetrios I Kantakouzenos, he was acclaimed as leader and despot of the Morea by the local Albanian and Greek inhabitants during the failed Morea revolt of 1453–1454. He was soon eclipsed by Giovanni Asen Zaccaria. |  |
| Andreas Palaiologos | unknown – 1465 | Pope Pius II (?) | Eldest son of Thomas Palaiologos and heir of the Palaiologan line. According to Sphrantzes, he was awarded the title of Despot by the Pope, but R. Guilland suggested that he may have already received the title before 1460. Claimant to the Byzantine throne from 1465 to 1494. |  |
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