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Andronikos Palaiologos

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time 1259–1332 Also known as Andronikos II Palaiologos、Andronikos II Palaeologus、Ἀνδρόνικος Β΄ Παλαιολόγος

Andronikos Palaiologos (1259–1332), eldest son of Michael VIII Palaiologos, campaigned with his father from the 1260s and acceded as Byzantine empero…

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  1. 1259–1261Nicaea · Empire of NicaeaEldest son of Michael VIII, born in Nicaea; established as heir around the recovery of Constantinople in 1261, receiving a military and classical education.
  2. 1262–1270Thrace and Macedonia · Byzantine EmpireIn the 1260s, under his father, took part in operations against Bulgaria, Serbia, and remnant Latin forces, gaining command experience and consolidating Palaiologos rule in the Balkans.
  3. 1272–1282Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireCrowned co-emperor by Michael VIII in 1272, participating in imperial governance and military decisions; acceded independently in 1282 after his father's death as Andronikos II.
  4. 1282–1332Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireRuled independently for nearly fifty years, facing the rise of the Ottomans, fiscal exhaustion, and civil war with his grandson Andronikos III; forced to abdicate in 1328, died in a monastery in 1332.

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