Siege of Trebizond (1282)

The siege of Trebizond (Georgian: ტრაპიზონის ალყა, Turkish: Trabzon Kuşatması) in April 1282 was an unsuccessful siege of Trebizond, the capital of the Empire of Trebizond, by the Georgian king David I of Imereti.[1] Little is known about the attack, but it may have relied on support within the Trapezuntine aristocracy, which opposed the rapprochement of Emperor John II of Trebizond (reigned 1280–1297) with the Palaiologan Byzantine court at Constantinople. Though King David failed to take the city, the Georgians occupied several provinces.[2]

Siege of Trebizond
Part of the Byzantine-Georgian wars

Empire of Trebizond in the 1300s.
DateApril 1282
Location
Trebizond, Asia Minor
40°59′37″N 39°40′03″E
Result Empire of Trebizond Victory, Georgians Failed to Capture Trebizond
Belligerents
Empire of Trebizond Kingdom of Imereti
Commanders and leaders
John II of Trebizond David I of Imereti
Strength
Unknown Unknown (More than Trebizonids)

Sources
  • Savvides, Alexios G. K. (2009). Ιστορία της Αυτοκρατορίας των Μεγάλων Κομνηνών της Τραπεζούντας (1204–1461). 2η Έκδοση με προσθήκες [History of the Empire of the Grand Komnenoi of Trebizond (1204–1461). 2nd Edition with additions] (in Greek). Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Brothers S.A. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-960-467-121-2.

References
  1. (in Georgian) „ჭანეთ-ლაზეთის ისტორიის გამო“ Archived 2018-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Pavle Ingorokva.
  2. William Miller, Trebizond: The last Greek Empire of the Byzantine Era: 1204–1461, 1926 (Chicago: Argonaut, 1969), p. 30
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