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	Station Information - John VI Cantacuzenus
		On the death of the emperor in 1341, Cantacuzenus was left regent, and guardian of his son John Palaeologus, who was but nine years of age.
		Being suspected by the empress and opposed by a powerful party at court, he rebelled, and had himself crowned emperor at Didymoteichos in Thrace, while John Palaeologus and his supporters maintained themselves at Constantinople.
		The civil war which ensued lasted six years, during which the rival parties called in the aid of the Serbians and Ottoman Turks, and engaged mercenaries of every description.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_vi_cantacuzenus.html (410 words)

	Johannes VI. (Byzanz) - Wikipedia
		Von Seiten seiner Mutter mit der Dynastie der PalÃ¤ologen verwandt, wurde er bei der Thronbesteigung von Andronikos III.
		Beim Tod des Kaisers 1341 blieb Kantakuzenos Regent fÃ¼r den neunjÃ¤hrigen Nachfolger Johannes V. Von der Kaiserin verdÃ¤chtigt und im Gegensatz zu einer mÃ¤chtigen Hofpartei rebellierte er lieÃ sich in Didymoteichos in Thrakien zum Kaiser krÃ¶nen, wÃ¤hrend Johannes V. und seine AnhÃ¤nger in Konstantinopel blieben.
		Der nun folgende BÃ¼rgerkrieg dauerte sechs Jahre, in denen die Parteien die Hilfe der Serben und der Osmanen in Anspruch nahmen und SÃ¶ldner aller Herren LÃ¤nder anheuerten.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johannes_VI._%28Byzanz%29 (423 words)

	JOHN VI. or V. (EAST ROMAN EMPEROR) - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN VI. or V. (EAST ROMAN EMPEROR) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On the death of the emperor in 1341, Cantacuzene was left regent, and guardian of his son John Palaeologus, who was but nine years of age.
		by the empress and opposed by a powerful party at court, he rebelled, and got himself crowned emperor at Didymoteichos in Thrace, while John Palaeologus and his supporters maintained themselves at Constantinople.
		The civil war which ensued lasted six years, during which the rival parties called in the aid of the Servians and Turks, and engaged mercenaries of every description.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOHN_VI_or_V_EAST_ROMAN_EMPEROR_.htm (2484 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Istanbul various museums - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		The latest structure of the Choras was from that era, together with all the beautiful frescoes and mosaics (1312).
		However, with the change of the emperor, Metochites was sent into exile to Didymoteichos in Western Thrace, due to his royalty to the previous emperor.
		After he was forgiven, he came back to the city poor and sick.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Middle_East/Turkey/Istanbul_Ili/Istanbul-1837624/Things_To_Do-Istanbul-various_museums-R-1.html (1168 words)

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