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Topic: Andronicus Palaeologus


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Manuel II was the father of John VIII Palaeologus and Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor (Constantine XI Palaeologus), as well as the despots of Morea Thomas and Demetrius Palaeologus.
Andronicus II married firstly Anna of Hungary and fathered Michael Palaeologus, who predeceased his father but was a co-regent, as such sometimes numbered the ninth.
Andronicus III married firstly a princess of Brunswick, who died without surviving issue, and secondly Anne of Savoy who was descended from Baldwin I of Constantinople.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Andronicus II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
ANDRONICUS II [Andronicus II] (Andronicus Palaeologus), 1258-1332, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328), son and successor of Michael VIII.
He devoted himself chiefly to church affairs, renewing the schism by renouncing (1282) the union established at the Second Council of Lyons.
His reign, shared from 1295 to 1320 with his son Michael IX, was cut short by his grandson, who forced him into a monastery and became emperor as Andronicus III.
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 1322 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
January 3 - King Philip V of France (born 1293)
February 13 - Andronicus II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b.
March 16 - Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (born 1276)
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Their other son, John, is listed by Andreas Thiele as the "titular" King of Thessalonica; but now, of course, the claim to Thessalonica has returned to the Sovereign who actually holds the territory, John's father Andronicus.
This extraordinary turn means that subsequent Margraves of Montferrat are of the Imperial Palaeologi family.
Nevertheless, Yolanda (d.1317), the heiress of Montferrat, married the Emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus, and it was her son Theodore who inherited Montferrat.
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