('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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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 (Ancient 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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

obtained the help of Serbia, while John Kantakouzenos sought help from Orhan, the Ottoman bey. Kantakouzenos marched into Thrace to rescue his son, Matthew...

Kantakouzenos (c. 1343–1384), the two Kantakouzenos emperors left numerous descendants. In 1453–1454, one of these descendants, Manuel Kantakouzenos,...

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

IX Palaiologos Andronikos III Palaiologos John V Palaiologos John VI Kantakouzenos (w. Matthew) Andronikos IV Palaiologos John VII Palaiologos (w. Andronikos...

John Kantakouzenos (Greek: Ἱωάννης Καντακουζηνός; ca. 1342 – after 1380) was a Byzantine prince. John is an obscure figure. Born ca. 1342, he was the...