father death_date successor mother burial_place article_title name reign
manuel megas komnenos 1266 george komnenos anna xylaloe lat long inline , title -- > andronikos ii of trebizond
 andronikos ii komnenos 1263 & ndash ; 1266
andronikos ii of trebizond

andronikos ii megas komnenos or andronicus ii -lrb- -rrb- , -lrb- c. 1240 -- 1266 -rrb- was the emperor of trebizond from 1263 to 1266 .
despite being the designated successor of his father manuel komnenos , andronikos ' tenure was short due to premature death from unrecorded causes .
the major event of his reign was the definitive loss of sinope to the seljuk turks under the regency of mu`in al-din suleyman , also known as the pervane , in the summer or fall of 1265 .
the capture of sinope by the turks gave them the best port on the black sea , allowing them to create a navy and compete with the trapezuntines for influence in the black sea .
andronikos was the eldest son of manuel komnenos by his first wife , anna xylaloe , a trapezuntine noblewoman .
according to the chronicler michael panaretos , `` his son by the empress the lady anna xylaloe , the lord andronikos komnenos , succeeded to the throne and reigned for three years .
and he died in 6774 -lrb- 1266 -rrb- . ''
in his list of the emperors before alexios ii , constantine loukites fails to mention andronikos .
n. oikonomides speculates that loukites omitted andronikos from his list because the emperor was excluded from the official gallery of emperors of trebizond .
little more is known of his brief reign .
trebizond continued to flourish as a trading center -- two merchants from marseilles were there in 1263 and 1264 carrying a letter of introduction from charles of anjou , count of provence .
