Michael Apsaras () was a 14th-century

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noble from

Ioannina Ioannina ( ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus (region), Epirus, an Modern regions of Greece, administrative region in northwester ...

. Apsaras came from a noble

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family and one of the most influential families in the city of

. Apsaras received the title of '' protovestiarios'' and became chief minister of the

Despot of Epirus The Despot of Epirus was the ruler of the Despotate of Epirus, one of the rump states of the Byzantine Empire in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade. The name "Despotate of Epirus" and the title "despot of Epirus" are modern historiographical name ...

Thomas Preljubović Thomas Preljubović (; ) was Despot of Epirus, ruler of the Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina from 1367 to his death in 1384. Thomas was an unpopular ruler and is appraised very negatively by his contemporaries. On December 23, 1384 he was stabbed to ...

(1366–1384). Both Apsaras and Thomas were negatively portrayed in the '' Chronicle of Ioannina'' due to the cruelty they displayed against the local population of Ioannina. Apsaras was exiled from Ioannina after the assassination of Thomas.

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