John I Megas Axouchos Komnenos Emperor of Trebizond [9595] ²⁴

   Cause of his death was accident while playing tzykanion.

  General Notes:

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  Medical Notes:

dying in 1238 from an accident while playing tzykanion , a variant of polo fashionable among the Byzantine nobility.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Emperor of Trebizond, 1235. John succeeded on his brother-in-law's death in 1235 and had a brief and uneventful reign of three years, dying in 1238

John married.