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Andronikos IV Palaiologos

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time 1348–1385 Also known as Andronikos IV Palaiologos、Andronikos IV Palaeologus

Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348–1385), eldest son of Byzantine emperor John V and Helena Kantakouzene, born in Constantinople in 1348.

Timeline

1348–1350Constantinople · ConstantinopleBorn in 1348 to John V and Helena Kantakouzene, at the start of the joint rule of the two imperial houses following the peace of 1347. As the eldest legitimate son he was educated in the palace of Constantinople, and his birth further symbolized the reconciliation and marital bond between the Kantakouzenos and Palaiologos lines.

Sources

Andronicus IV Palaeologus https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andronicus-IV-Palaeologus
Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit — Ernst Trapp et al. (1976)