Megas doux
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The megas doux was one of the highest positions in the hierarchy of the later Byzantine Empire, denoting the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy. It is sometimes also given in English by the half
The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos in the garb of his office
Alexios Apokaukos
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Alexios Apokaukos, also Latinized as Alexius Apocaucus, was a chief minister and head of the navy in the Byzantine Empire, during the reigns of emperors Andronikos III Palaiologos and John V Palaiolog
Megas doux
…The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos in the garb of his office The megas doux (Greek: μέγας δούξ, pronounced , "grand duke") was one of the highest positions in the hierarchy of the later…
Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos (r. 1347–1354), Apokaukos's patron and victim of his protégé's ambition