Synadenos
Sign in to savethumb|John Synadenos (megas stratopedarches)|John Synadenos and his wife, Theodora The Synadenos family (), feminine form Synadene (Συναδηνή), was an important middle and late Byzantine aristocratic family, hailing from Synada in Phrygia.
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thumb|John Synadenos (megas stratopedarches)|John Synadenos and his wife, Theodora The Synadenos family (), feminine form Synadene (Συναδηνή), was an important middle and late Byzantine aristocratic family, hailing from Synada in Phrygia.
==History== The family name is attested in the 9th/10th century seal, but the first known family member is Philetos Synadenos, krites of Tarsus ca. 1000/6. During the 11th and 12th centuries, several family members appear as military commanders, connected to the great aristocratic families of Botaneiates and Komnenos; thus a member of the family was given as wife to the Hungarian king Géza I by Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Basil Synadenos was governor of Dyrrhachium in the 1040s, and Andronikos Synadenos was governor of several provinces under Manuel I Komnenos, including Cyprus.