Andronikos III Palaiologos

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time 1297–1341 Also known as Andronikos III Palaiologos、安德罗尼科斯三世、Andronikos III

Byzantine Palaiologan emperor, reigning from 1328 to 1341; he fought a civil war against his grandfather Andronikos II from 1321 and pursued military…

Timeline

1315–1320Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireRelations with his grandfather Andronikos II deteriorated after the early death of his father Michael IX; made co-emperor in 1316, he gradually gathered nobles and military forces opposed to his grandfather.
1321–1328Thrace · ThraceIn 1321 he formally took up arms against his grandfather, winning the support of nobles such as John Kantakouzenos; in May 1328 he entered Constantinople, deposed Andronikos II, and took sole control of the empire.
1328–1341Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireAfter accession he restored a standing army and recovered some positions in Asia Minor; in the 1330s he allied with Serbia, defeating Bulgaria at Rosokastron in 1330, but failed to halt Ottoman expansion.

Sources

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan et al. (1991)
The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261–1453 — Donald M. Nicol (1993)