Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos

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The Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos was a mid-14th-century phase of the Eastern Roman Empire marked by civil war, political instability, and increasing reliance on emerging Ottoman power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
phase of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
endTime 1354 ⓘ
followedBy Byzantine Empire under John V Palaiologos ⓘ
follows Byzantine Empire under Andronikos III Palaiologos ⓘ
hasAlly Emirate of Aydin ⓘ
Ottoman beylik ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Beylik
hasCapital Constantinople ⓘ
hasCharacteristic civil strife ⓘ
declining imperial authority ⓘ
increasing Ottoman influence ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
hasCoEmperor John V Palaiologos ⓘ
hasConflict Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
conflicts with the Emirate of Aydin ⓘ
conflicts with the Ottoman beylik ⓘ
conflicts with the Serbian Empire under Stefan Dušan ⓘ
hasCurrency basilikon ⓘ
hyperpyron ⓘ
hasDynasty Palaiologos dynasty ⓘ
hasEconomicCondition heavy dependence on Italian maritime republics ⓘ
reduced tax revenues ⓘ
hasEvent Black Death in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
linked to: Black Death

Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 ⓘ
abdication of John VI Kantakouzenos in 1354 ⓘ
entry of John VI Kantakouzenos into Constantinople in 1347 ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm Byzantine monarchy ⓘ
hasInternalIssue aristocratic factionalism ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
demographic decline due to plague ⓘ
economic crisis ⓘ
hasMarriageAlliance marriage of his daughter Theodora Kantakouzene to Orhan of the Ottomans ⓘ
hasNeighbor Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Ottoman beylik ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Beylik

Serbian Empire ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Medieval Greek ⓘ
hasOpponent Serbian Empire ⓘ
regency for John V Palaiologos ⓘ
hasPolicy granting of territories in Thrace to the Ottomans ⓘ
increased reliance on Ottoman mercenaries ⓘ
hasRegent John VI Kantakouzenos for John V Palaiologos ⓘ
hasReligion Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
hasRuler John VI Kantakouzenos ⓘ
hasTerritorialLoss Epirus ⓘ
Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia region

Thrace ⓘ
parts of the Morea ⓘ
hasTitleHolder John VI Kantakouzenos as basileus and autokrator of the Romans ⓘ
startTime 1347 ⓘ
timePeriod mid-14th century ⓘ

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Orhan Gazi → alliance → Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos ⓘ
Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos → follows → Byzantine Empire under Andronikos III Palaiologos ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos
Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos → followedBy → Byzantine Empire under John V Palaiologos ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos
Council of Constantinople 1347 → chronologicalContext → reign of John VI Kantakouzenos ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos