Michael Palaiologos

Michael Palaiologos Doukas (died 1156) was a Byzantine general, likely the son of Nikephoros Palaiologos and grandson of George Palaiologos. Exiled by his cousin Emperor John II, he was recalled on the accession of Manuel I in 1143, and by 1147 was sebastos, when he supplied the Second Crusade near Sardica and welcomed Louis VII of France.

In 1155 he and John Doukas led the Italian expedition that seized Bari, Trani and Andria from the Normans and negotiated with Genoa. He fell ill at Bari, was tonsured as the monk Moses, and died there in spring 1156.