Andronikos II Palaiologos

Andronikos II Palaiologos
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(1332-02-13) (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
Names Andronikos Doukas Angelos Palaiologos Medieval Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος
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.