Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Michael VIII Palaiologos akadana mumiririri wake anovimbwa naye, akapanduka kubva kudare reSeljuk anonzi Basil Basilikos, kuti ashande se "parakoimōmenos" we "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 neMakryplagi
, achibatwa 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.