Andronikos Palaiologos

Andronikos Doukas Komnenos Palaiologos (c. 1190–1248/1252) was megas domestikos, or commander-in-chief, of the Empire of Nicaea and the father of Michael VIII, founder of the Palaiologan dynasty. In 1233 he led the expedition against the Caesar Leo Gabalas of Rhodes, forcing him to acknowledge Nicaean suzerainty.

He campaigned with John III Vatatzes at the siege of Thessalonica in 1241, until a Mongol invasion of Asia Minor cut the campaign short. After the city fell in 1246 he governed it as praitor of all Nicaean Macedonia, where his son Michael served under him.