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Matthew Kantakouzenos

Matthew Asen Kantakouzenos
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
Coin of Matthew Kantakouzenos as emperor
Byzantine emperor
ReignApril 1353 – December 1357[1]
PredecessorJohn V Palaiologos and
John VI Kantakouzenos
SuccessorJohn V Palaiologos
Despot of the Morea
Reign1380–1381[1]
PredecessorManuel Kantakouzenos
SuccessorDemetrios I Kantakouzenos
Bornc. 1325
DiedJune 1383
SpouseIrene Palaiologina
IssueJohn Kantakouzenos
Demetrios I Kantakouzenos
Theodora Kantakouzene
Helena Kantakouzene
Maria Kantakouzene
Theodore Kantakouzenos (?)
HouseKantakouzenos
FatherJohn VI Kantakouzenos
MotherIrene Asanina

Matthew Asen Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (Greek: Ματθαῖος Ἀσάνης Καντακουζηνός, Matthaios Asanēs Kantakouzēnos, c. 1325 – June 1383)[1] was Byzantine Emperor from 1353 to 1357 and later Despot of the Morea from 1380 to 1381.


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