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- BIOGRAPHY
Georgios Palaiologos was a Byzantine general, one of the most prominent military commanders and supporters of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. He was the son of the first known member of the Palaiologos family, the strategos of Mesopotamia Nikephoros Palaiologos. His wife Anna Doukaina, daughter of Andronikos Doukas and Maria of Bulgaria, was the sister of Eirene Doukaina, the wife of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, making him the emperor's brother-in-law. As Alexios Komnenos' leading general and close friend, he played an important role in his campaigns, especially the Battle of Dyrrhachium against the Normans and the Battle of Levounion against the Pechenegs. He was the chief source used by Anna Komnene in her _Alexiad_ on her father's battles, and is very favourably portrayed by her in her book as both capable and loyal.
Georgios had a younger brother Nikolaos. Through his marriage to Anna Doukaina he had four sons, of whom Alexios and Nikephoros would have progeny.
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