Alexios Apokaukos

Alexios Apokaukos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Ἀπόκαυκος; died 1345) was a leading Byzantine statesman and high-ranking military officer (megas doux) during the reigns of emperors Andronikos III Palaiologos (r. 1328–1341) and John V Palaiologos (r. 1341–1357). Although he owed his rise to high state offices to the patronage of John VI Kantakouzenos (r. 1347–1354), he became, together with Patriarch John XIV Kalekas, one of the leaders of the faction supporting Emperor John V in the civil war of 1341–1347 against his one-time benefactor. Apokaukos died when he was lynched by political prisoners during an inspection of a new prison.

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Alexios Apokaukos
Nationality
Byzantine Empire
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1345
Place of death
Constantinople

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