Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Michael VIII Palaiologos akadana mumiririri wake anovimbwa naye, akapanduka kubva kudare reSeljuk anonzi Basil Basilikos, kuti ashande se "parakoimōmenos" ye "koitōn" panguva yekutonga kwake kwekutanga (1259<unk>1261). Pashure pokuva mambo oga muna 1261, Michael akadana John Makrenos kuti ave mambo. Makrenos akabatanidzwa mumushandirapamwe wokudzorera Morea kubva kuvaLatin, uye akarwa muhondo dzePrinitza ne
Makryplagi, kubatwa mune yokupedzisira. Gare gare akadzorerwa kuConstantinople, kwaakapomerwa mhosva yokutengesa nyika ndokubviswa maziso. "Parakoimōmenoi" nhatu dze"sphendonē" dzinozivikanwa pasi paMichael VIII: "pansebastos sebastos" Isaac Doukas, munun'una waJohn III Vatatzes, uyo aivepo pakusainwa kweChibvumirano cheNymphaeum uye akafa semumiriri muGenoa; Gabriel Sphrantzes (muzukuru waJohn I Doukas, mutongi weThessaly); uye Constantine Doukas Nestongos. Nestongos akanga akabatana zvikuru naAndronikos II Palaiologos (), achimuperekedza parwendo rwake rwokutanga kurwisa vaAydinid Turks muna 1280. Akachengeta nzvimbo yake mumakore okutanga okutonga kwaAndronikos II.