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See also:JOHN See also:ANGELUS (d. 1244) , See also:emperor of Thessalonica. In 1232 he received the See also:throne from his See also:father See also:Theodore, who, after a See also:period of See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile, had re-established his authority, but owing to his loss of eyesight resolved to make John the nominal See also:sovereign. His reign is chiefly marked by the aggressions of the See also:rival emperor of See also:Nicaea, John Vatatzes, who laid See also:siege to Thessalonica in 1243 and only withdrew upon John Angelus consenting to See also:exchange the See also:title " emperor " for the subordinate one of "See also:despot."
See G. See also:Finlay, See also:History of See also:Greece, vol. iii. (1877).
End of Article: JOHN ANGELUS (d. 1244)
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