| Andronikos II Palaiologos | |||||
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| Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans | |||||
 Miniature from the manuscript of George Pachymeres' Historia | |||||
| Byzantine emperor | |||||
| Reign | 11 December 1282 – 24 May 1328 | ||||
| Coronation | 8 November 1272 | ||||
| Predecessor | Michael VIII Palaiologos (alone) | ||||
| Successor | Andronikos III Palaiologos | ||||
| Co-emperor | Michael IX Palaiologos | ||||
| Proclamation | 1261 (as co-emperor) | ||||
| Born | 25 March 1259 Nicaea, Empire of Nicaea (now İznik, Bursa, Turkey) | ||||
| Died | 13 February 1332 (aged 72) Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) | ||||
| Spouses | Anna of Hungary Yolande of Montferrat | ||||
| Issue more... | Michael IX Palaiologos Constantine Palaiologos John Palaiologos Theodore I, Marquis of Montferrat Demetrios Palaiologos Simonis (Simonida Nemanjić), Queen of Serbia Irene Palaiologina (wife of John II Doukas), Sebastokratorissa of Thessaly | ||||
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| Dynasty | Palaiologos | ||||
| Father | Michael VIII Palaiologos | ||||
| Mother | Theodora Palaiologina | ||||
| Religion | Greek Orthodox | ||||
Andronikos II Palaiologos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiologos; 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332),[1] Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328. His reign marked the beginning of the recently restored empire's final decline. The Turks conquered most of Byzantium's remaining Anatolian territories, and Andronikos spent the last years of his reign fighting his own grandson in the First Palaiologan Civil War. The war ended in Andronikos' forced abdication in 1328, after which he retired to a monastery for the remainder of his life.