Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Michael VIII Palaiologos ya nada wani amintaccen wakilin sa, mai tsere daga kotun Seljuk mai suna Basil Basilikos, don ya zama "parakoimōmenos" na "koitōn" a farkon mulkinsa (1259<unk>1261). Bayan ya zama sarki ɗaya a shekara ta 1261, Michael ya naɗa John Makrenos zuwa wannan matsayi. Makrenos ya halarci yaƙin neman zaɓe don dawo da Morea daga Latins, kuma ya yi yaƙi a yaƙe-yaƙe na Prinitza da
Makryplagi, ana kama shi a cikin na biyun. Daga baya aka mayar da shi zuwa Constantinople, inda aka zarge shi da cin amana kuma aka makantar da shi. An san "parakoimōmenoi" uku na "sphendonē" a ƙarƙashin Michael VIII: "pansebastos sebastos" Isaac Doukas, ɗan'uwan John III Vatatzes, wanda ya halarci sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Nymphaeum kuma ya mutu a matsayin jakada a Genoa; Gabriel Sphrantzes (ɗan'uwan John I Doukas, mai mulkin Thessaly); da Constantine Doukas Nestongos. Nestongos yana da alaƙa da Andronikos II Palaiologos (), yana tare da shi a yaƙin farko da ya yi da Aydinid Turks a 1280. Ya riƙe matsayinsa aƙalla a farkon shekarun sarautar Andronikos II.