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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 ...
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In 1373, John V's son and heir Andronikos IV Palaiologos rebelled against his father in an attempt to seize the throne, instigating a fourth series of Palaiologan civil wars. John V was initially victorious, imprisoning and disinheriting Andronikos IV and appointing a younger son, Manuel II Palaiologos, as his successor
- 11th century, 1259 (as imperial family)
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John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to 1391, with interruptions. Becoming Byzantine emperor at age eight, this resulted in a civil war between his regent John VI Kantakouzenos and a rival council. During this time, Anna, his mother, pawned the crown jewels to Venice. It was during his reign that the Black Death struck Constantinople from 1346 to 1349. Shortly ...
John V replaced him with his younger brother, the inexperienced Peter of Epidauros. Still, he later had to abdicate in favor of Peter III in 1341 after plots set up by emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos against his life. John V regained the throne in 1376, with much of the navy rallied to him and defeating the Ottoman Turks in the Battle of ...
The House of Palaiologos, also found in English-language literature as Palaeologus or Palaeologue, was a Byzantine Greek noble family that rose to power and produced the last and longest-ruling dynasty in the history of the Byzantine Empire. Their rule as Emperors and Autocrats of the Romans lasted almost two hundred years, from 1259 to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Ioannis V Palaiologos. John V Palaeologus ( Ιωάννης Ε' Παλαιολόγος) (1332 February 16, 1391) was the son of Andronicus III, whom he succeeded as Byzantine emperor in 1341, at age nine. John VI Cantacuzenus, his father's friend, served as his regent and co-emperor (1347–1354). Forced to fight John Cantacuzenus, who usurped ...
