('well-born'). Michael Kantakouzenos was appointed the first epitropos (governor) of the Morea in 1308 and his son, John VI Kantakouzenos, rose to be megas...

John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós; Latin: Iohannes Cantacuzenus;...

often equated with support for Kantakouzenos. As the chief aide and closest friend of Emperor Andronikos III, Kantakouzenos became regent for the underage...

Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (Greek: Μιχαήλ Καντακουζηνός) can refer to: Michael Kantakouzenos (died 1264), Byzantine general Michael Kantakouzenos (died...

Manuel Kantakouzenos (or Cantacuzenus) (Greek: Μανουήλ Καντακουζηνός, Manouēl Kantakouzēnos), (c. 1326 – Mistra, Peloponnese, 10 April 1380) was the despotēs...

Andronikos Kantakouzenos may refer to: Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos (died 1453), Byzantine statesman Andronikos Kantakouzenos (1553–1601), Ottoman...

Matthew Asen Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (Greek: Ματθαῖος Ἀσάνης Καντακουζηνός, Matthaios Asanēs Kantakouzēnos, c. 1325 – June 1383) was Byzantine Emperor...

John Kantakouzenos, Cantacuzene or Cantacuzenus (Greek: Ἱωάννης Καντακουζηνός) can refer to: John VI Kantakouzenos (c. 1292 – 1383), Byzantine emperor...

father of a protostrator Kantakouzenos who was executed along with Loukas Notaras and Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos five days after the capture...

vicious attack on Kantakouzenos, his supporters and family. In October, Anna ordered Kantakouzenos to resign his command. Kantakouzenos not only refused...

Michael Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Καντακουζηνός, 1510 – died 3 March 1578), nicknamed Şeytanoğlu (Turkish for "son of the Devil"),...

Ottomans (who were hired as mercenaries during the civil war by John VI Kantakouzenos) to establish themselves in Europe. By the time the Byzantine civil...

Theodore Palaiologos Kantakouzenos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, romanized: Theodoros Palaiologos Kantakouzenos; after 1361 – 1410) was a...

its existence. Kantakouzenos and its variants are also contemporary surnames. They may refer to: Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos (died 1453), Byzantine...

Demetrios I Kantakouzenos (Greek: Δημήτριος Καντακουζηνός; c. 1343 – 1384) was a governor of the Morea and the grandson of Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos. Demetrios...

Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos against John VI Kantakouzenos and his eldest son Matthew Kantakouzenos. John V emerged victorious as the sole emperor of...

VI Kantakouzenos and a rival council led by his mother Anna of Savoy, who pawned the crown jewels to Venice in order to raise funds. Kantakouzenos was...

Andronikos Kantakouzenos (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ανδρόνικος Καντακουζηνός or Ανδρόνικος Βηστιάρης, Andronikos Vistiaris; Latin: Andronicus Cantacuzenus; Romanian:...

various members of the court. The account of the contemporary John VI Kantakouzenos describes the descent of the Serbian Empire into disintegration soon...

descent from a branch of the Byzantine Kantakouzenos family, specifically from Byzantine Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos (reigned 1347–1354). After the Russo-Ottoman...

John Kantakouzenos (Greek: Ἱωάννης Καντακουζηνός; died 17 September 1176) was a military commander and an early member of the Kantakouzenos family. He...

Palaiologos Kantakouzenos (Greek: Γεώργιος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός; ca. 1390 – 1456/59) was a Byzantine aristocrat, a member of the Kantakouzenos family...

VI Kantakouzenos and the second legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Orhan Gazi. Theodora was one of the three daughters of Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos by...

Despotate of the Morea. He was the grandson of Demetrios I Kantakouzenos, the last Kantakouzenos governor of the Morea. Shortly after the fall of Constantinople...

emperor, John VI Kantakouzenos, reorganized the territory in 1349 to establish it as an appanage for his son, the Despot Manuel Kantakouzenos. For the larger...

John Kantakouzenos (Greek: Ἱωάννης Καντακουζηνός) was a governor of the Thracesian Theme between 1244 and 1249, with the titles of doux and pinkernes...

place of Demetrios Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, who was indisposed at the time. He is likely the Grand Domestic Kantakouzenos whom Emperor John VIII Palaiologos...

the empire to Kantakouzenos. At about the same time, Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia launched an invasion of Northern Thrace. Kantakouzenos left Constantinople...

Kantakouzenos, and received the title of panhypersebastos. The Empire soon fell into a civil war between John V Palaiologos and John VI Kantakouzenos...

Nemanjić 1. Mara Branković 24. John VI Kantakouzenos 12. Matthew Kantakouzenos 25. Irene Asanina 6. Theodore Kantakouzenos 26. Demetrios Palaiologos 13. Irene...