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  • The name is of type '_BIRTNM'
  • First name Petrus Augustus,.
  • He was born in the year 545 in Afşin, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye.
  • (Family Significance) : Brother of Maurice, Emperor of Byzantium.
  • (Curopalates) : Kouropalatēs, Latinized as curopalates; Latin: cura palatii "[the one in] charge of the palace")[1] and Anglicized as curopalate, was a Byzantine court title, one of the highest from the time of Emper.
  • (_TITLE) about 0582 in Roman Empire: Curopalates.
  • He died on November 27, 602 in Kadıköy, İstanbul, Türkiye, he was 57 years old.

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THE PLANTAGENTE ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.38;
#Générale# Frère de l'Empereur Byzantin Maurice (Flavius M auriciusTiberius) né ve rs 539, empereur en 582 et assassin é en 602.
Peter (curopalates) From Wikipedia, the

Peter (curopalates)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ( Petrus Augustus)

Petrus (Greek: ??t???, Petros, also known as Peter in English (c. 545
in Arabissus, Cappadocia - 27 November 602 in Constantinople or
Chalcedon) was a brother of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice, who reigned
from 582 to 602.

] Background
Petrus was a son of Paul, head of the Byzantine Senate and a sibling
to Maurice, Byzantine Emperor, Gordia, the wife of Philippicus and
Theoctista. [1]

Military career
Raised to the rank of curopalates, he was an important general in the
Byzantine army. Together with Priscus and Comentiolus, he was one of
the three commander-in-chiefs during Maurice's Balkan campaigns.

Though less able than Priscus, he succeeded the latter as leader of
the Roman forces in Moesia in 594, being more loyal to the emperor,
his own brother. The reason for this replacement was Priscus' refusal
to obey the emperor's orders to spend the winter on the northern
Danube bank in 593 and to carry on fighting the Slavs.

Petrus defeated the Slavs in 594 near Marcianopolis and maintained the
Danube between Novae and the Danube Delta. Later on, he crossed the
Danube and fought his way to the Helibacia river, defeating numerous
Slavic tribes in the course. 601, he crossed the Danube into Avar
homeland and defeated them in several battles.

When in 602, his brother ordered his troops to spend the winter on the
northern bank of the Danube, Petrus made no attempt to disobey this
order, as opposed to Priscus in 593. Mutiny was the result. Although
Petrus attempted to calm down his troops, they marched to
Constantinople and overthrew Maurice. Petrus was subsequently
murdered.

Although Theophylact Simocatta portrayed Petrus as unable, relying on
Priscus as only surviving witness, Petrus' expertise was sophisticated
enough to put him forward as a candidate for the authorship of the
Strategikon of Maurice.

Family
Peter married Anastasia Areobinda (b. c. 570), apparently daughter of
Areobindus (b. c. 550) and wife, paternal granddaughter of Anastasius
(c. 530 - aft. 571) and wife Juliana (b. c. 533), great-granddaughter
of Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius (c. 500 - aft.
517), Roman Consul in 517, and wife Theodora (b. c. 515), who was the
natural daughter of Empress Theodora.[2]

They had a daughter Flavia Juliana married to Athanagild ,the son of
Saint Hermenegild and wife Ingund, Princess of the Franks, and
paternal grandson of Liuvigild, the Visigoth King of Hispania.

Their son (Peter's grandson) Ardabast or Artabastos, travelled from
Constantinople to Hispania during the time of Chindasuinth, and
married Chindasuinth's niece or daughter Goda, Glasvinda or
Galesvinda.

Their son (Peter's great grandson) Erwig was King of the Visigoths in
Hispania .
curopalates frère de l'empereur Maurice
Notes
Au rang de curopalates, il fut l'un des plus grands généraux de l'armée byzantine.
Aux côtés de Priscus et de Comentiolus, il fut l'un des trois commandants en chef durant les guerres balkaniques de l'empereur Maurice, son frère.

En 594, il prend la tête des forces romaines à Mesia, après que Priscus ait refusé d'obéir à l'empereur quand ce dernier ordonna à ses troupes d'attendre la fin de l'hiver en bivouaquant sur place, sur les rives nord du Danube.

Pierre a vaincu les Slaves, en 594, près de Marcianopolis. Après il traversa le Détroit du Danube et occasionna de grandes pertes chez les Slaves.
En 601, même stratégie et victoire sur les Avars.

Quand, durant l'hiver 602, Maurice renouvela son ordre aux armées de passer l'hiver sur les rives du Danube, celles-ci, cette fois-ci, se révoltèrent toutes entière et Pierre fut associé à la chute de son frère (Cf. sur sa fiche).

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia - Petrus curopalates
    Michael Whitby: The Emperor Maurice and his Historian - Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan Warfare. Oxford 1988.
    page 5.
    Petrus (Greek: Πέτρος, Petros, also known as Peter in English (c. 545 in Arabissus, Cappadocia - 27 November 602 in Constantinople or Chalcedon) was a brother of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice (r. 582 - 602).


    Contents
    1 Background
    2 Military career
    3 References
    4 Literature
    Background
    Petrus was a son of Paul, head of the Byzantine Senate and a sibling to Maurice, Byzantine emperor; Gordia, the wife of Philippicus; and Theoctista.[1] He had a son named Domitian, who became bishop of Melitene.

    Military career

    Map of the Balkans during the 6th century.
    Raised to the rank of curopalates, he was an important general in the Byzantine army. Together with Priscus and Comentiolus, he was one of the three commanders-in-chief during Maurice's Balkan campaigns.

    Though less able than Priscus, he succeeded the latter as leader of the Roman forces in Moesia in 594, being more loyal to the emperor, his own brother. The reason for this replacement was Priscus' refusal to obey the emperor's orders to spend the winter on the northern Danube bank in 593 and to carry on fighting the Slavs.

    Petrus defeated the Slavs in 594 near Marcianopolis and maintained the Danube between Novae and the Danube Delta. Later on, he crossed the Danube and fought his way to the Helibacia river, defeating numerous Slavic tribes in the course. 601, he crossed the Danube into Avar homeland and defeated them in several battles.

    When in 602, his brother ordered his troops to spend the winter on the northern bank of the Danube, Petrus made no attempt to disobey this order, as opposed to Priscus in 593. Mutiny was the result. Although Petrus attempted to calm down his troops in vain, they marched to Constantinople and overthrew Maurice. Petrus was subsequently murdered.

    Although Theophylact Simocatta portrayed Petrus as unable, relying on Priscus as only surviving witness, Petrus' expertise was sophisticated enough to put him forward as a candidate for the authorship of the Strategikon of Maurice.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_(curopalates)
  2. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    From FamilySearch.org
    PETRUS (-executed [Chalcedon 27] Nov 602). The Ecclesiastical History of John Bishop of Ephesus records that, at the beginning of his reign, Emperor Mauritius sent for "his father…Paul,and his mother and his brother…Peter and his two sisters, one of whom was a widow and the other the wife of Philippicus", adding that he granted Paul and Peter "the entire property of the great patrician Marcellus, brother of the late king Justin"[361]. Theophylactus names "Petrus…dux, imperatoris frater"[362]. The Chronicle of Michael the Syrian records that "Pierre frère de Maurice" revealed to his brother a plot against his life[363]. Georgius Codrinus records that "Petrus magister et curopalata, germanus frater Mauricii imperatoris" built "ecclesiam S. deiparæ cognominatam Areobindi"[364]. The Chronicon Paschale records that ""Petrus…curopalata, Mauricii frater" was captured and killed in Nov 602, the passage suggesting that he was killed with his brother[365].
    https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTIUM.htm#_Toc1905649
  3. Geni - Petrus Augustus, Curopalates, brother of Emperor Maurice
    From FamilySearch.org
    https://www.geni.com/people/Petrus-Augustus/6000000013790902482?through=6000000003975586314
  4. Wikipedia - Petrus curopalates
    Michael Whitby: The Emperor Maurice and his Historian - Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan Warfare. Oxford 1988.
    page 5.
    Petrus (Greek: Πέτρος, Petros, also known as Peter in English (c. 545 in Arabissus, Cappadocia - 27 November 602 in Constantinople or Chalcedon) was a brother of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice (r. 582 - 602).


    Contents
    1 Background
    2 Military career
    3 References
    4 Literature
    Background
    Petrus was a son of Paul, head of the Byzantine Senate and a sibling to Maurice, Byzantine emperor; Gordia, the wife of Philippicus; and Theoctista.[1] He had a son named Domitian, who became bishop of Melitene.

    Military career

    Map of the Balkans during the 6th century.
    Raised to the rank of curopalates, he was an important general in the Byzantine army. Together with Priscus and Comentiolus, he was one of the three commanders-in-chief during Maurice's Balkan campaigns.

    Though less able than Priscus, he succeeded the latter as leader of the Roman forces in Moesia in 594, being more loyal to the emperor, his own brother. The reason for this replacement was Priscus' refusal to obey the emperor's orders to spend the winter on the northern Danube bank in 593 and to carry on fighting the Slavs.

    Petrus defeated the Slavs in 594 near Marcianopolis and maintained the Danube between Novae and the Danube Delta. Later on, he crossed the Danube and fought his way to the Helibacia river, defeating numerous Slavic tribes in the course. 601, he crossed the Danube into Avar homeland and defeated them in several battles.

    When in 602, his brother ordered his troops to spend the winter on the northern bank of the Danube, Petrus made no attempt to disobey this order, as opposed to Priscus in 593. Mutiny was the result. Although Petrus attempted to calm down his troops in vain, they marched to Constantinople and overthrew Maurice. Petrus was subsequently murdered.

    Although Theophylact Simocatta portrayed Petrus as unable, relying on Priscus as only surviving witness, Petrus' expertise was sophisticated enough to put him forward as a candidate for the authorship of the Strategikon of Maurice.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_(curopalates)

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