John VI Kantakouzenos | |||||
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Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans | |||||
![]() John VI presiding over a synod, c. 1370–1375 | |||||
Byzantine emperor | |||||
Reign | 8 February 1347 – 10 December 1354 | ||||
Coronation | 21 May 1347 | ||||
Predecessor | John V Palaiologos (alone) | ||||
Successor | John V Palaiologos (alongside Matthew) | ||||
Co-monarch | John V Palaiologos Matthew Kantakouzenos | ||||
Born | 1292 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire | ||||
Died | 15 June 1383 (aged 90/91) Despotate of the Morea | ||||
Burial | |||||
Spouse | Irene Asanina | ||||
Issue | Matthew Kantakouzenos Manuel Kantakouzenos Theodora Kantakouzene Helena Kantakouzene Andronikos Kantakouzenos Maria Kantakouzene | ||||
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House | Kantakouzenos | ||||
Father | Michael Kantakouzenos | ||||
Mother | Theodora Palaiologina Angelina | ||||
Religion | Greek Orthodox |
John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene[1] (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós;[2] Latin: Iohannes Cantacuzenus;[3] c. 1292 – 15 June 1383[4]) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general. He served as grand domestic under Andronikos III Palaiologos and regent for John V Palaiologos before reigning as Byzantine emperor in his own right from 1347 to 1354. Deposed by his former ward, he was forced to retire to a monastery under the name Joasaph Christodoulos (Greek: Ἰωάσαφ Χριστόδουλος) and spent the remainder of his life as a monk and historian. At age 90 or 91 at his death, he was the longest-lived of the Roman emperors.
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