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'''Andronikos Komnenos Palaiologos''' ({{
==Life==
Andronikos was the son of the ''[[megas doux]]'' [[Alexios Palaiologos (megas doux)|Alexios Palaiologos]] and Irene Komnene, grandson of [[Michael Palaiologos (general)|Michael Palaiologos]], and great-great-grandson of the family's founder, [[George Palaiologos]]. He was probably born about 1190, and had another brother, Michael, who was apparently the elder of the two.{{sfn|Kazhdan|1991|pp=1557–1560}}{{sfn|Cheynet|Vannier|1986|p=176}}
Nothing is known of his early life. He was named ''[[megas domestikos]]'' (commander-in-chief) of the [[Empire of Nicaea]], but sources differ on when and by whom: [[Nikephoros Gregoras]] records that this was done by [[Theodore I Laskaris]] (ruled 1204–1222), but [[George Akropolites]] asserts this was done by Theodore I's successor, [[John III Doukas Vatatzes]] (r. 1222–1254) soon after his accession. Modern historians generally consider the latter more probable.{{sfn|Cheynet|Vannier|1986|p=176}}{{sfn|Guilland|1967|p=409}} In 1224 Andronikos was sent to the region of the [[Karamenderes River|Scamander]] river, [[Battle of Poimanenon|just recovered]] from the [[Latin Empire]], in order to organize its administration as ''[[exisotes]]''. This was probably before he was made ''megas domestikos''.{{sfn|Cheynet|Vannier|1986|pp=176–177}}{{sfn|Macrides|2007|p=242 (note 2)}} In 1233, he was sent as head of the expedition against the semi-independent ruler of [[Rhodes]], the ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]'' [[Leo Gabalas]], whom he forced to acknowledge Nicaean suzerainty.{{sfn|Cheynet|Vannier|1986|p=177}}{{sfn|Macrides|2007|pp=187ff.}}
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In {{circa|1213}}, he married [[Theodora Angelina Palaiologina|Theodora]].{{sfn|Cheynet|Vannier|1986|p=178}} Theodora was of illustrious lineage as the daughter of the [[despot (court title)|despot]] [[Alexios Palaiologos (despot)|Alexios Palaiologos]] and Irene Komnene Angelina, the eldest daughter of the [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Alexios III Angelos]]. Until his death in 1203, the despot Alexios Palaiologos was also the heir-apparent to the childless Alexios III.{{sfn|Kazhdan|1991|pp=1557–1560}}{{sfn|Macrides|2007|p=116 (note 5)}}
Together, the couple had at least four children: Maria (born {{circa|1214/5}}), [[Irene Komnene Palaiologina|Irene]] ({{circa|1218}}), Michael (1224/5) and [[John Palaiologos (brother of Michael VIII)|John]] (after 1225). After Theodora's death, Andronikos remarried, but the name of his second wife is unknown. With her he had another son, [[Constantine Palaiologos (half-brother of Michael VIII)|Constantine]] ({{circa|1230}}). With one of his two wives, Andronikos also had a third daughter, who married Genoese admiral [[Benedetto I Zaccaria]], but whose name
==References==
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