Michael Palaiologos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Παλαιολόγος, died 1156) was an early member of the great family of the Palaiologoi, which later ruled the Byzantine Empire.
[1][2] In 1150, he was sent to raise an army among the people of the region of Ancona for an attempt at resurrecting the old theme of Langobardia.
In Spring 1155, Count Robert III of Loritello, a rebel against the king of Sicily, William the Bad, negotiated support from Manuel.
With an army of Anconans, Palaiologos and John Doukas descended the Italian peninsula into Apulia.
[1] Vieste was the first city to fall, but important Trani resisted surrender until Bari was bribed to open the gates of its citadel a week later.