Protovestiarios (Greek: πρωτοβεστιάριος, lit. 'first vestiarios') was a high Byzantine court position, originally reserved for eunuchs. In the late Byzantine...

older brother John, he was raised to the titles of prōtosebastos and prōtovestiarios. Following Manuel's death in 1180, he won the favour, and reportedly...

Andronicus Ducas, (Greek: Ανδρόνικος Δούκας; died 14 October 1077) was a protovestiarios and protoproedros of the Byzantine Empire. Andronikos Doukas was son...

aristocrat and general of the Empire of Nicaea. He attained the rank of protovestiarios during the reign of Emperor John III Vatatzes (r. 1221–1254). Alexios...

Bogdan (fl. 1407–26), was a Serbian magnate (velikaš) in the service of Despot Stefan Lazarević (r. 1402–27), with the title of protovestijar (financial...

(Greek: Μαρία Δούκαινα) in the Byzantine sources, was the wife of protovestiarios and domestikos ton scholon Andronikos Doukas and mother of Empress...

1259–1282) had raised his nephew Michael Tarchaneiotes to the rank of protovestiarios and decreed that to come after the caesar; while under Andronikos II...

that one of them is to be identified with the Postern of Michael the Protovestiarios (παραπυλὶς τοῦ Μιχαὴλ τοῦ πρωτοβεστιαρίου, parapylis tou Michaēl tou...

"protosebastos and protovestiarios" was normally conferred only to close kinsmen of the emperor, while the offices of protovestiarios and megas domestikos...

On release, Mourtzouphlos was invested with the court position of protovestiarios (head of the imperial finances). He had been married twice but was...

heir-apparent Alexios Philanthropenos, Byzantine general Alexios Raoul (protovestiarios), Byzantine general Alexios Strategopoulos, Byzantine general Alexios...

imperial family, and its functions were gradually being supplanted by the protovestiarios, whose original role was limited to the custody of the imperial wardrobe...

great logothete, who had the functions of a first minister, and the protovestiarios, who was responsible for the treasury and finance. High court titles...

to rule in her stead as bailli and named Benjamin, who had been the protovestiarios of the Principality—an office equivalent to a Western chamberlain and...

influential families in the city of Ioannina. Apsaras received the title of protovestiarios and became chief minister of the Despot of Epirus, Thomas Preljubović...

accused by her son, John Megas Komnenos, of having an affair with the protovestiarios of the court of Trebizond; however, other accounts describe her as...

office often functioned as de facto chief ministers of the Empire. Protovestiarios – Usually a minor relative of the emperor who took care of the emperor's...

when Manuel appointed his favorite nephew John Doukas Komnenos as protovestiarios and protosebastos. These appointments were the last in a long line...

Mahmud negotiated the surrender of the city of Trebizond with the protovestiarios, the scholar George Amiroutzes, who was also his cousin. In 1463, Mahmud...

Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. By 1326, he held the post of protovestiarios and the rank of protosebastos. In 1327–28, Andronikos was military...

Protovestiarios Leo trying to win over the army of Skleros....

of many by the Byzantines in an effort to reclaim the region. The protovestiarios Michael Tarchaneiotes led a force to the town where they were met by...

vestiarion) and its officials also became a separate department under the prōtovestiarios. The remainder continued as the "koubikoularioi of the kouboukleion"...

during the reign of his father is unknown. He first appears as the protovestiarios (chamberlain) of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (r. 913–959), the...

Višegrad, Olovo, and Srebrenica. Customs collection was overseen by protovestiarios, who were often Ragusan citizens. One of the early representations...

ambitious suitors, but she chose another Alexios, the prōtosebastos and prōtovestiarios, a nephew of Manuel and uncle of Maria Komnene, former queen of Jerusalem...

pseudo-Kodinos) Despotes Sebastokrator Caesar Megas domestikos Panhypersebastos Protovestiarios Megas doux Protostrator Megas logothetes Megas stratopedarches Megas...

prominence by John II, these included Gregory Taronites who was appointed protovestiarios, Manuel Anemas and Theodore Vatatzes, the latter two also became his...

unsuccessfully rebelled against Alexios I Komnenos Gregory Taronites (protovestiarios), palace official and one of the chief ministers of John II Komnenos...

From left: the proedros and epi tou kanikleiou, the prōtoproedros and prōtovestiarios (a eunuch, since he is beardless), the emperor, the proedros and dekanos...