Constantine Chabaron

Constantine Chabaron (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Χαβάρων; fl.

He was a confidant of Emperor Theodore II Laskaris, and was appointed by him governor of the region of Arbanon, in modern central Albania.

[1] In 1256/7 he was seduced, however, by Maria Sphrantzaina, the widowed sister-in-law of the Despot of Epirus, Michael II Komnenos Doukas.

Chabaron married Maria and defected to the Epirote ruler, only to be imprisoned at Kanina.

[1][2] In 1259, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos sent Theodore Philes to achieve the release of Chabaron.