Gregorios Kamonas ( 1215) was a Greek-Albanian Lord or Prince of
Krujë
Krujë ( sq-definite, Kruja; see also the etymology section) is a town and a municipality in north central Albania. Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is only 20 km north from the capital of Albania, Tirana.
Kru ...
(
Arbanon) in ca. 1215.
(1216–1236) mentioned him as having the title of ''
sebastos
( grc-gre, σεβαστός, sebastós, venerable one, Augustus, ; plural , ) was an honorific used by the ancient Greeks to render the Roman imperial title of . The female form of the title was (). It was revived as an honorific in the 11th-ce ...
'', given to him by the emperor
Alexios III Angelos
Alexios III Angelos ( gkm, Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, Alexios Komnēnos Angelos; 1211), Latinized as Alexius III Angelus, was Byzantine Emperor from March 1195 to 17/18 July 1203. He reigned under the name Alexios Komnen ...
after 1205, during his stay in the
Despotate of Epirus
The Despotate of Epirus ( gkm, Δεσποτᾶτον τῆς Ἠπείρου) was one of the Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty. It clai ...
at the court of his nephew
Michael I Komnenos Doukas
Michael I Komnenos Doukas, Latinized as Comnenus Ducas ( el, Μιχαήλ Κομνηνός Δούκας, Mikhaēl Komnēnos Doukas), and in modern sources often recorded as Michael I Angelos, a name he never used, was the founder and first rule ...
.
He first married the daughter of
Gjin Progoni, then married Serbian princess
Komnena Nemanjić, the daughter of King
Stefan Nemanjić and widow of
Dimitri Progoni
Demetrio Progoni ( sq, Dhimitër Progoni) was an Albanian leader who ruled as '' Prince of the Albanians'' from 1208 to 1216 the Principality of Arbanon, the first Albanian state. He was the successor and brother of Gjin Progoni and their fath ...
, thus inheriting the rule of Arbanon. He strengthened ties with Serbia and secured Arbanon through an Orthodox alliance.
He had a daughter together with Komnena, who married
Golem of Kruja the later lord of Kruje.
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Annotations
), but also Georgius, Georgios, Gregorio, Grigor ( al, Grigor Kamona), Grgur ( sr, Гргур Камона) and Grigorije (Григорије Камона); his surname is also spelled Kamona.)
References
See also
*History of Albania
The history of Albania forms a part of the history of Europe. During classical antiquity, Albania was home to several Illyrian tribes such as the Ardiaei, Albanoi, Amantini, Enchele, Taulantii and many others, but also Thracian and Gree ...
* Monarchs of Albania
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamonas, Gregorios
Year of birth unknown
13th-century deaths
13th-century rulers in Europe
13th-century Byzantine people
13th-century Albanian people
13th-century Greek people
Gregory
Medieval Albanian nobility
Sebastoi