John II of Trebizond (born 1262)

John II of Trebizond

Emperor and Autocrat of all the East, of the Iberians and of Perateia

John II Megas Komnenos was Emperor of Trebizond from June 1280 to his death in 1297. He was the youngest son of Emperor Manuel I and his third wife, Irene Syrikaina, a Trapezuntine noblewoman. John succeeded to the throne after his full-brother George was betrayed by his archons…