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Part of the Byzantine civil wars, the Byzantine–Serbian wars and the Byzantine–Turkish wars. Date. September 1341 – 8 February 1347. Location. Thessaly, Macedonia, Thrace, and Constantinople. Result. Kantakouzenos victory. John VI Kantakouzenos defeats regents. Recognized as senior emperor.
- September 1341 – 8 February 1347
- Serbia gained Macedonia and Albania, and soon after Epirus and Thessaly, establishing the Serbian Empire, Bulgaria gains northern Thrace
- Kantakouzenos victory, John VI Kantakouzenos defeats regents, Recognized as senior emperor
Part of the Byzantine civil wars, the Byzantine–Serbian wars and the Byzantine–Turkish wars. Date. September 1341 – 8 February 1347. Location. Thessaly, Macedonia, Thrace, and Constantinople. Result. Kantakouzenos victory. John VI Kantakouzenos defeats regents. Recognized as senior emperor.
- September 1341-8 February 1347
Jan 16, 2024 · In 1341–1347 the Byzantine Empire was plunged into a protracted civil war between the regency for Emperor John V Palaiologos under Anna of Savoy and his intended guardian John VI Kantakouzenos. The neighbours of the Byzantines took advantage of the civil war, and while Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia sided with John VI Kantakouzenos, Ivan ...
May 5, 2022 · The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, sometimes referred to as the Second Palaiologan Civil War, was a conflict that broke out in the Byzantine Empire after the death of Andronikos III Palaiologos over the guardianship of his nine-year-old son and heir, John V Palaiologos.
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Palaiologos dynasty in the period between 1261 and 1453, from the restoration of Byzantine rule to Constantinople by the usurper Michael VIII Palaiologos following its recapture from the Latin Empire, founded after the Fourth Crusade (1204), up to the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire.
The civil war of 1341–1347 Main article: Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 John V, ten years old at his ascension, was guided by a regency consisting of his mother, Anna of Savoy , John VI Kantakouzenos and the Patriarch of Constantinople ( John XIV Kalekas ).
