Andronikos IV Palaiologos

Andronikos IV Palaiologos
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans
15th-century portrait of Andronikos IV (from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the Extracts of History by Joannes Zonaras)
Byzantine emperor
Reign12 August 1376 – 1 July 1379
PredecessorJohn V Palaiologos
SuccessorJohn V Palaiologos
Proclamation1352 as co-emperor
Byzantine emperor in Selymbria
ReignMay 1381 – June 1385
Born11 April 1348
Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died25 or 28 June 1385 (aged 37)
Selymbria, Byzantine Empire
(now Silivri, Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
SpouseKeratsa of Bulgaria
IssueJohn VII Palaiologos
HousePalaiologos
FatherJohn V Palaiologos
MotherHelena Kantakouzene

Andronikos IV Palaiologos or Andronicus IV Palaeologus (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός Παλαιολόγος;[1] 11 April 1348 – 25/28 June 1385[2]) was the eldest son of Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos.[3] Appointed co-emperor from 1352, he had a troubled relationship with his father: he launched a failed rebellion in 1373, usurped the throne in 1376–1379, and remained engaged in a bitter struggle with John V until his death in 1385.[2] This civil war depleted Byzantium's scarce resources and greatly facilitated the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans, most notably through the cession of Gallipoli by Andronikos. He was also the father of John VII.[4]

  1. ^ PLP, 21438. Παλαιολόγος, Ἀνδρόνικος IV. [Κομνηνός].
  2. ^ a b Sode, Claudia; Takács, Sarolta (2017-05-15). Novum Millennium: Studies on Byzantine History and Culture Dedicated to Paul Speck. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-91427-7.
  3. ^ Zachariadou, Elizabeth A. (1977). "John VII (Alias Andronicus) Palaeologus". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 31: 339–342. doi:10.2307/1291412. ISSN 0070-7546. JSTOR 1291412.
  4. ^ Magdalino, Paul (1978). "Byzantine Churches of Selymbria". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 32: 309–318. doi:10.2307/1291427. ISSN 0070-7546. JSTOR 1291427.