John V Palaiologos

Timeline

1. 1341–1347Constantinople · ConstantinopleAfter his father Andronikos III died in June 1341, the nine-year-old John V acceded under the protection of a regency faction including his mother Anna of Savoy and Alexios Apokaukos. His nominal imperial authority clashed with the regency of John VI Kantakouzenos, plunging the empire into civil war and splitting it into two camps centered on Constantinople and Thrace.
2. 1347–1350Constantinople · ConstantinopleAfter the Peace of Didymoteicho in February 1347, John V and his father-in-law John VI ruled as co-emperors, with John V in the junior position. The empire was outwardly unified, but finances and military remained scarred by civil war and the Turkish threat; the birth of his eldest son Andronikos IV in 1348 further cemented the marital bond between the two houses.