Ruler · 1292 – 1383

John VI Kantakouzenos

Lived 1292 – 1383; writer. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 1347 – 1354; also in the line of Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty.

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Lived: 1292 – 1383; 91 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 103rd of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

99 before

Andronikos II Palaiologos1282 – 1328

Andronikos III Palaiologos1328 – 1341

John V Palaiologos1341 – 1376

John VI Kantakouzenos1347 – 1354

Andronikos IV Palaiologos1376 – 1379

John V Palaiologos1379 – 1390

John VII Palaiologos1390

7 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1347 – 1354 · 7 years · came to it aged 55

Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others

He was soon removed from power by John V, becoming a monk on 10 December 1354.

Also in the line of Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty (6th of 11).

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