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John VI Kantakouzenos
Ioannes VI Cantacuzenus la
Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)
- Child of Michael Kantakouzenos and Theodora Palaiologina Kantakouzene
- Married to Irene Asanina
- Dated 1292 CE – 15 June 1383 CE
Overview
Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)Wikidata record description. Read John VI Kantakouzenos in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 1
- 31 March 1347 CE – 10 December 1354 CE Byzantine emperor Succeeded John V Palaiologos · Succeeded by John V Palaiologos , Matthew Kantakouzenos
Family tree
The family as a list · 10
Family 10
- child of (father) Michael Kantakouzenos Byzantine governor
- child of (mother) Theodora Palaiologina Kantakouzene
- of the house Kantakouzenos Byzantine aristocratic family
- parent of (child) Andronikos Kantakouzenos son of John VI Kantakouzenos
- parent of (father) Helena Kantakouzene Empress consort of John V Palaiologos
- parent of (father) Manuel Kantakouzenos Despot of the Morea
- parent of (child) Maria Kantakouzene daughter of the Byzantine emperor John VI Kantakouzenos
- parent of (father) Matthew Kantakouzenos emperor and autocrat of the Romans
- parent of (father) Theodora Kantakuzini Wife of Orhan Ghazi
- married to Irene Asanina empress consort of John VI Kantakouzenos/Byzantine Empire
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