Matthew Kantakouzenos

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 1325–1390 Also known as Matthew Kantakouzenos、Matthaios Kantakouzenos、Matthew Cantacuzenus

Matthew Kantakouzenos (c. 1325–1390s) was the eldest son of Byzantine emperor John VI Kantakouzenos.…

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1341–1350Thrace · Byzantine EmpireAfter the civil war broke out in 1341, Matthew was commissioned by his father John VI to command Kantakouzenos forces in Thrace and Macedonia against the regency faction centered on Constantinople. Skilled at mobilizing local resources and coordinating with allies such as Serbia, he won key victories that gave the Kantakouzenos faction control of vast territories before the peace of 1347.

Sources

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