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Byzantine-Ottoman Treaties
In the 1370s, Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos, facing losses in Thrace and a deteriorating Balkan situation after the Battle of Maritsa, conclud…
Timeline
- 1371–1372Constantinople · ByzantineUnder Ottoman military pressure, John V reached an agreement with Murad I: Byzantium became a tribute-paying vassal state, required to send Prince Theodore to the Ottoman court as hostage and to provide auxiliary troops in the sultan's campaigns.
- 1373Anatolia · AnatoliaWhen John V fulfilled his vassal obligations by accompanying Murad on campaign in Anatolia, his son Andronikos IV and the sultan's son Savcı Bey plotted rebellion. Murad and John V jointly suppressed it; the rebels were captured and the vassal relationship was further cemented.
- 1376–1379Constantinople · ByzantineAndronikos IV seized the throne with Ottoman and Genoese support (1376–1379); after John V was restored, he again confirmed tribute and military obligations to Murad I, and Byzantium's vassal status continued until the empire's end.
Sources
- The Byzantine court and the Ottomans: conflict and accommodation — Nevra Necipoğlu (2009) https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511576720.012
- John V Palaiologos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_V_Palaiologos