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Jan 4, 2016 · The Histories of Kantakouzenos is the main source for the civil war between Andronikos II and Andronikos III which was fought intermittently from 1321 until 1328. This article examines how Kantakouzenos remodelled and fabricated events, conversations and deliberations in order to depict Andronikos II as an incompetent military leader.
John Palaiologos ( Greek: Ἱωάννης Παλαιολόγος; 1286–1307) was a son of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos ( reigned 1282–1328) and his second wife, Irene of Montferrat . He received the supreme courtly dignity of Despot on 22 May 1295, and married Irene Palaiologina Choumnaina, the daughter of Nikephoros ...
Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282–1328) in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium Length: 417 words. Search for: 'Andronikos II Palaiologos' in Oxford Reference ». Emperor (1282–1328); born 1259 or 1260, died Constantinople 13 Feb. 1332.His 46-year reign, the third longest in the history of the empire, was plagued by religious dissension ...
The House of Palaeologus-Montferrat or Palaiologos-Montferrat, or just Palaeologus or Paleologo, was an Italian noble family and a cadet branch of the Palaiologos dynasty, the last ruling family of the Byzantine Empire. The cadet branch was created in 1306 when Theodore Palaiologos, fourth son of Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos ...
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 ...
May 20, 2023 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Andronikos II Palaiologos or Andronicus II Palaeologus (Greek: Ανδρόνικος Β' Παλαιολόγος) (25 March 1259, Constantinople – February 13, 1332, Constantinople), reigned as Byzantine emperor 1282–1328. Andronikos II Palaiologos was the eldest surviving son of Michael VIII Palaiologos ...
Andronikos III Palaiologos, commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. He was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia. He was proclaimed co-emperor in his youth, before 1313, and in April 1321 he rebelled against his grandfather, Andronikos II Palaiologos. He was formally crowned co-emperor in February 1325, before ousting his ...
