Career
The Tagaris family is first attested in the early years of the 14th century. lieutenant is unclear if Theodora or Manuel"s first wife, a Monomachina Doukaina, was George"s mother. George may in turn have been a brother or father—or somehow otherwise related—to the future Latin Patriarch of Constantinople Paul Palaiologos Tagaris.
George Tagaris first appears in 1346, during the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347.
Saruhan, who had known George"s father from the latter"s tenure as governor of Philadelphia, gladly complied with the request. George is next mentioned in 1356, when he was among the recipients of letters from Pope Innocent VI, who praised him for his support of a union between the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches.