Skouterios
Name Tenure Appointed by Notes
Xyleas c. 1256 -1257 Theodore II Laskaris A veteran soldier and highly esteemed by Theodore II , he was charged with defending the fortress of Prilep when the emperor was obliged to return to Asia Minor in 1256 . In 1257 he operated in the region of Pelagonia , where he was defeated by the Serbs
Kapandrites late 13th/early 14th century Andronikos II Palaiologos ( ? ) Had two sons , George and an unnamed one , both of whom held the same office
Choumnos c. 1306 Andronikos II Palaiologos Along with the pinkernēs Angelos Sennachereim , he successfully defended Adrianople against a siege by the Catalan Company
Kapandrites first half of the 14th century unknown Son of the skouterios Kapandrites . Known from a funerary poem by Manuel Philes on his mother , where he is described as an unshakeable soldier
George Kapandrites first half of the 14th century unknown Son of the skouterios Kapandrites , he died of the Black Death as a boy . Unclear whether he held the office . He is known from the cover of his tomb in Thessaloniki
Nikon Kapandrites first half of the 14th century unknown The front of his sarcophagus survives in the Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos in Thessaloniki , which he may have founded
Theodore Kapantrites c. 1325 Andronikos II Palaiologos Oikeios of the emperor and pansebastos sebastos , possibly identical with the younger unnamed Kapandrites as the mothers of both hailed from Berroia
Theodore Sarantenos c. 1324-1325 Andronikos II Palaiologos Landowner in the region of Berroia , oikeios of the emperor and pansebastos . His children all died before him . Died as a monk in the Vatopedi monastery in 1330
George Glabas c. 1342/43 John VI Kantakouzenos Cavalry commander under Kantakouzenos during the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347 . He died in 1343
Glabas c. 1343/44 John VI Kantakouzenos ( ? ) He died in 1343/44 . Likely identical with the megas dioikētēs and katholikos kritēs of the same name , active in 1329-1341
Senachereim c. 1344 John V Palaiologos ( ? ) Attested in Thessaloniki in 1344 in an act preserved in the Docheiariou Monastery
Andrew Indanes before 1351 unknown Mentioned in two prostagmata from 1351 concerning land disputes with the Xeropotamou Monastery
List of known skouterioi
The skouterios (, shield-bearer) was a Byzantine court office in the 13th-14th centuries, whose role was to carry the emperor's personal standard, the divellion.