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Few Byzantine emperors had a life as tumultuous as that of Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425). Living and ruling during the last decades of the Byzantine Empire, Manuel witnessed civil wars between the members of his own family, socio-economic problems and theological disputes. His paths crossed with many famed rulers and scholars of the age. His.
John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 June 1332 – 16 February 1391) was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to 1391, with interruptions. His long reign was marked by constant civil war, the spread of the Black Death and several military defeats to the Ottoman Turks, who rose as ...
Born c. 1295, [1] Demetrios was the youngest of Andronikos II's sons who survived childhood. In c. 1304, he was sent to the court of the Serbian ruler Stephen Uroš II Milutin, intended to become his successor; his stay there was short, however, and he soon returned to Constantinople. [1] In 1306 he was named to the highest court rank, that of ...
Syrgiannes Palaiologos Philanthropenos ( Greek: Συργιάννης Παλαιολόγος Φιλανθρωπηνός; c. 1290 – 1334) was a Byzantine aristocrat and general of mixed Cuman and Greek descent, who was involved in the civil war between Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos ( r. 1282–1328) and his grandson Andronikos III ( r. 1328 ...
The reign of Andronikos II marks the point at which Byzantium truly declined to the rank of a second-rate power. One of Andronikos’s first actions was to save money by scrapping his father’s successful fleet, a mistake that would leave Byzantium at the mercy of the maritime powers of Italy. The shortsightedness of Andronikos's cutbacks was ...
3–4 more children: Andronikos V Palaiologos 1400–1407: John II of Cyprus 1418–1458: Helena Palaiologina 1428–1458: Helena Palaiologina 1442–1469: Helena Palaiologina 1431–1473: Lazar Branković c. 1421–1458: Zoe Palaiologina 1448/1451–1503: Ivan III of Russia 1440–1505: Andreas Palaiologos 1453–1502: Manuel Palaiologos c ...
Andronikos II Palaiologos (1260 – 13. helmikuuta 1332) oli Palaiologos-sukuun kuulunut Bysantin keisari vuosina 1282–1328. Hän oli Mikael VII Palaiologoksen vanhin poika. Andronikoksen aikana hänen isänsä rakennuttaman laivaston annettiin rappeutua ja Bysantin valtakunnan oli vaikeampi puolustautua Venetsiaa ja Genovaa vastaan.
