Trapezuntine Civil War
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Was a series of conflicts fought in the 1340s for the succession of the throne of the Empire of Trebizond.
Chronology
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July 1341: Anna, called Anachoutlou, the eldest daughter of the emperor Alexios II, had taken the veil and until this time had lived in seclusion. The opposition persuaded her to quit her monastic dress and escape to Lazia, where she was crowned empress and gained control over the region, and all the Laz and the Tzan people, recognised her as the legal heir to the throne for being nearest legitimate heir of her brother Basil. So Anna entered Trebizond triumphantly, followed by Laz warriors.
September 1341: The nobles of the Laz faction now became the sole possessors of political power in the Empire of Trebzond.
April 1340: On 6 April 1340, after the death of Basil Grand Komnenos, the governance of the empire was assumed by Irene Palaiologina. Irene was suspected of having had some share in causing his death. The captain-general of the Scholarioi, or city militia - the imperial guard which remained faithful to the memory of the emperor Basil and a body of the people, who hated Irene as a Constantinopolitan stranger - established themselves in possession of the great Monastery of St. Eugenios.
July 1340: The Trapezuntine Civil War ended when the megas doux, John the Eunuch, who had murdered the young emperor Manuel II, arrived at Trebizond from Constantinople to assist the empress.
September 1341: Territorial change based on available maps.
