Alexios V of Trebizond

Alexios V Megas Komnenos (Greek: Ἀλέξιος Σκαντάριος Μέγας Κομνηνός, romanized: Alexios Skantarios Megas Komnēnos; 1454 – 1 November 1463) was very briefly Trapezuntine emperor in April 1460, succeeding his uncle John IV, until his deposition by his other uncle, David. Alexios was the son and only known child of Alexander, a brother of John IV and David. Alexander served as co-emperor with John IV but died prior to 1460, which left the young Alexios as John IV's heir. Almost immediately after Alexios's accession, David, with support of the influential Kabazites family, deposed Alexios and took the throne for himself.

Alexios V Megas Komnenos
Emperor and Autocrat of all the East and Perateia
Alexios V Megas Komnenos, as depicted in a modern religious icon
Trapezuntine emperor
ReignApril 1460
PredecessorJohn IV Megas Komnenos
SuccessorDavid Megas Komnenos
Born1454
Trebizond
(modern-day Trabzon, Turkey)
Died1 November 1463 (aged c. 9)
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
DynastyKomnenos
FatherAlexander Megas Komnenos
MotherMaria Gattilusio

Alexios was executed alongside the rest of his family by the Ottomans at Constantinople in 1463, two years after Trebizond's fall to the Ottoman Empire, after David was accused of plotting treason against the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II.

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