John VI Kantakouzenos

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 1292–1383 Also known as John VI Kantakouzenos、Ioannes VI Kantakouzenos、John Cantacuzenus

John VI Kantakouzenos (c. 1292–1383), Byzantine emperor (r. 1347–1354) of the noble Kantakouzenos family.…

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1341–1347Didymoteicho · Byzantine EmpireAfter Andronikos III's death in June 1341, Kantakouzenos as regent vied with John V's mother Anna of Savoy for control of the child emperor, quickly escalating into full-scale civil war. He secured support from Serbian and Turkish forces, fought in Thrace and Macedonia, and appointed his son Matthew and others as military commanders.
1347–1350Constantinople · ConstantinopleAfter the Peace of Didymoteicho in February 1347 he entered Constantinople and was crowned, co-ruling as co-emperor with his son-in-law John V. During this period he worked to restore finances and church order, and continued to address social unrest after the Black Death and defensive arrangements against external Turkish pressure.

Kantakouzenos, John VI https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-VI-Kantakouzenos
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan et al. (1991)