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John VII
John VII (1370–1408), son of Byzantine emperor Andronikos IV, born in Constantinople in 1370.…
Timeline
- 1370–1375Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireBorn as the eldest son of Andronikos IV and Keratsa Zacharia, he grew up in a court environment shaped by his father's power struggle with his grandfather John V.
- 1376–1379Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireWhen his father Andronikos IV seized the capital and claimed the throne, John VII was about six years old and regarded as the legal heir of the rebel faction; after his father was deposed in 1379 he fell from favor with the family.
- 1379–1380Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireAfter John V's restoration, the young John VII lived in the shadow of the court as the offspring of rebels, but his imperial status still provided a legal basis for his later repeated bids for the throne.
Sources
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan et al. (1991)
- The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261–1453 — Donald M. Nicol (1993)