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Chronological Table
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Between 1407 and 1409: Birth of David Grand Komnenos
c. 1429: First marriage of David Grand Komnenos to Maria of Gothia, daughter of the ruler of Theodoro, Alexios. David receives the title of despotes
1447: By order of his brother, E. John IV Grand Komnenos (1429-1458), David is put at head of the military expedition against the Genoese trade colonies of Crimaea and Kaffa
1458: David is sent to the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II in Adrianople as the delegate of E. John IV/ Ascent to the throne of Trebizond
January 13, 1460: Letter of Pope Pius II to the duke of Burgundy Philip the Good, promoting the adoption of a common policy against the Ottoman expansion
June 1461: Sultan Mehmed II launches a campaign in the Black Sea region
August 15, 1461: David surrenders the city of Trebizond to Mehmed II
March 26, 1463: David is arrested, along with his sons and his nephew Alexios V. They are imprisoned in Yedikule at Constantinople
November 1, 1463: David, his sons and nephew Alexios V are executed in Yedikule
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