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MANUEL I

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 609 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MANUEL I  . (d . 1263), emperor of Trebizond, surnamed the
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Great Captain (b crrparrlrytaI raros), was the second son of Alexius I., first emperor of Trebizond, and ruled from 1'228 to 1263 . He was unable to deliver his
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empire from vassalage; first to the
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Seljuks and afterwards to the
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Mongols . He vainly negotiated for a dynastic
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alliance with the Franks, by which he hoped to secure the help of Crusaders .

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