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Prōtostratōr (Gr****: πρωτοστράτωρ) was a
Byzantine court office,
originating as the
imperial stable master. Its
proximity to the
imperial person led to...
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Emperor Theodore II
Laskaris (r. 1254–58), who
promoted him to the rank of
prōtostratōr in 1255, from the rank of
megas primikērios. He died soon
after Theodore's...
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right of his own position, and
appointed Giustiniani to the rank of
Protostrator. This
placed him as the
leader of the city's defense, and
while it is...
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Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) and a
senior military figure, with the rank of
protostrator,
during Alexios's reign. His life is only
known through the
Alexiad of...
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Nikephoros Palaiologos, and
Demetrios is
presumed to be the
father of a
protostrator Kantakouzenos who was
executed along with
Loukas Notaras and Andronikos...
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Frederick tried to
communicate with the
nearest Byzantine commander, the
protostrator Manuel Kamytzes. When he
received no response, he
attacked his army on...
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walls on Constantinople's land side.
Giustiniani was
given the rank of
protostrator and
promised the
island of
Lemnos as a
reward (though it had already...
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served as a
senior military commander in the Balkans, with the rank of
protostrator, from 1185/86
until 1199. For
Isaac II he
fought against the
Norman invaders...
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Magister militum Domestic of the
Schools Grand Domestic Stratopedarches Protostrator Byzantine navy: Gr**** fire
Dromon Admirals (Droungarios of the Fleet...
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Magister militum Domestic of the
Schools Grand Domestic Stratopedarches Protostrator Byzantine navy: Gr**** fire
Dromon Admirals (Droungarios of the Fleet...
