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Pinkernes (Ancient Gr****: πιγκέρνης, romanized:
pinkernēs),
sometimes also
epinkernes (ἐπιγκέρνης, epinkernēs), was a high
Byzantine court position. The...
- the
Thracesian Theme between 1244 and 1249, with the
titles of doux and
pinkernes. In 1249 he
commanded an
expedition sent by
Emperor John III Vatatzes...
- he held the post of
governor (kephale) of
Ioannina with the
title of
pinkernes. Ioannina, like most of the
lands of the
Despotate of Epirus, had been...
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definition of
cupbearer at
Wiktionary Bartender Food
taster Paharnic Pinkernes Sommelier compare Xenophon. ****enica. vii.1, 38. Nehemiah. Book of Nehemiah...
- Pachymeres, and it
appears as a
distinct administrative unit in 1276, when the
pinkernes Raoul Komnenos was its
governor (kephale). From 1271 to 1318 Thessaly...
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Megas stratopedarches Megas primmikerios Megas konostaulos Protosebastos Pinkernes Kouropalates Parakoimomenos tes
sphendones Parakoimomenos tou koitonos...
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Thessaly in 1340,
emperor Andronikos III
Palaiologos appointed the
pinkernes (cup-bearer) John Angelos, a
nephew of
megas domestikos John Kantakouzenos...
- destro**** in a
great fire. In the next year,
Byzantine troops under the
pinkernes John
attacked Epirus,
including Arta. In 1318, the last male-line descendant...
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Andronikos had two of Isaac's
relatives stoned and impaled. In 1185, the
pinkernēs Alexios Komnenos, a great-nephew of Manuel,
approached William II of Sicily...
- palaces,
responsible for
opening and
closing the
palace gates each day.
Pinkernes –
Originally the emperor's cupbearer,
later a
senior honorific title....
