George Palaiologos

George Palaiologos (c. 1125–1167/68), sebastos and megas hetaireiarches under Manuel I Komnenos, was a diplomat rather than a soldier. Related to the imperial Komnenos family through both parents.

In 1162 he went to Hungary to arrange the marriage of Manuel's daughter Maria to Prince Béla, and in 1167 he escorted Manuel's niece Maria Komnene to Jerusalem to marry King Amalric.

He founded a lavishly decorated monastery adorned with portraits of his imperial kin. Taken ill at Adrianople, he died in 1167 or 1168; his great-grandson Michael VIII founded the Palaiologan dynasty.