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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instanceOf historical period
phase of the Byzantine Empire
country Byzantine Empire
endTime 1354
followedBy Byzantine Empire under John V Palaiologos NERFINISHED
follows Byzantine Empire under Andronikos III Palaiologos NERFINISHED
hasAlly Emirate of Aydin NERFINISHED
Ottoman beylik NERFINISHED
hasCapital Constantinople NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic civil strife
declining imperial authority
increasing Ottoman influence
political instability
hasCoEmperor John V Palaiologos NERFINISHED
hasConflict Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasEconomicCondition heavy dependence on Italian maritime republics
reduced tax revenues
hasEvent Black Death in the Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Ottoman beylik NERFINISHED
Serbian Empire NERFINISHED
hasOfficialLanguage Medieval Greek
hasOpponent Serbian Empire NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasRuler John VI Kantakouzenos NERFINISHED
hasTerritorialLoss Epirus NERFINISHED
Macedonia NERFINISHED
Thrace NERFINISHED
parts of the Morea
hasTitleHolder John VI Kantakouzenos as basileus and autokrator of the Romans NERFINISHED
startTime 1347
timePeriod mid-14th century

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Orhan Gazi alliance Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos