Matthew Kantakouzenos
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Matthew Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (Greek: Ματθαίος Ασάνης Καντακουζηνός, Matthaios Asanēs Kantakouzēnos, c. 1325–1383 or 1391) was Byzantine Emperor from 1353 to 1357.
Life
Matthew Asanes Kantakouzenos was the son of Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos and Irene Asanina. In return for the support he gave to his father during his struggle with John V Palaiologos, he was given part of Thrace as an appanage in 1347, and was proclaimed joint emperor in 1353. From his Thracian domain, he led several wars against the Serbians. An attack, which he prepared in 1350, was frustrated by the defection of his Turkish auxiliaries. In 1357, he was captured by his enemies, who delivered him to the rival emperor John V Palaiologos. Compelled to abdicate, he moved to the Morea, in 1361, and assisted his brother Manuel Kantakouzenos in its government. After his brother's death in 1380, Matthew Asanes Kantakouzenos governed the Morea until the appointment of the new governor Theodore I Palaiologos, in 1381, and his arrival in 1382. Before full transition of power in the Morea, from the Kantakouzenos family to that of Palaiologos, Matthew resigned his power in the Morea to his son Demetrios I Kantakouzenos.
Family
By his wife Irene Palaiologina, Matthew Asanes Kantakouzenos had several children including:
- John Kantakouzenos, despotēs
- Demetrios Kantakouzenos, sebastokratōr
- Theodora Kantakouzene
- Helena Kantakouzene, who married Count Luis Fadrique of Salona
- Maria Kantakouzene, who married John Laskaris Kalopheros
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, 1991.
Matthew Kantakouzenos
Born: c. 1325 Died: unknownPalaiologos dynasty
Regnal titles Preceded by
John V Palaiologos and
John VI KantakouzenosByzantine Emperor
1353–1357
with John V Palaiologos (1341–1376)
John VI Kantakouzenos (1347–1353)Succeeded by
John V PalaiologosPreceded by
Manuel KantakouzenosDespot of the Morea
1380–1383Succeeded by
Demetrius I KantakouzenosCategories:
- 1325 births
- 14th-century deaths
- Kantakouzenos family
- Palaiologos dynasty
- Orthodox monarchs
- 14th-century Byzantine emperors
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