The Kantakouzenos family, Latinized as Cantacuzenus, Anglicized as Cantacuzene (from French Cantacuzène) was one of the most prominent noble families of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence.
Kantakouzenos and its variants are also contemporary surnames. They may refer to:
Irene Kantakouzene (c. 1400–1457), known simply as Despotess Jerina[a], wife of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković. In Serbian folk legends, she is the founder of many fortresses in Serbia.
Janja Kantakouzenos (c. 1435–1477), nobleman from the mine town of Novo Brdo (then Serbian Despotate)
John VI Kantakouzenos, or Cantacuzenus, or Cantacuzene (c. 1292–1383), Greek nobleman, statesman, and general
Manuel Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (c. 1326–1380), Despotēs in the Despotate of Morea or the Peloponnese from 25 October 1349 to his death and a contender to the Principality of Achaia
Manuel Kantakouzenos (usurper), Greek rebel leader who started a revolt against the Palaiologos family in the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea
Matthew Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (c. 1325–1383), Byzantine Emperor from 1353 to 1357.
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The Kantakouzenos family, Latinized as Cantacuzenus, Anglicized as Cantacuzene (from French Cantacuzène) was one of the most prominent noble families of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence.
Kantakouzenos and its variants are also contemporary surnames. They may refer to:
Irene Kantakouzene (c. 1400–1457), known simply as Despotess Jerina[a], wife of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković. In Serbian folk legends, she is the founder of many fortresses in Serbia.
Janja Kantakouzenos (c. 1435–1477), nobleman from the mine town of Novo Brdo (then Serbian Despotate)
John VI Kantakouzenos, or Cantacuzenus, or Cantacuzene (c. 1292–1383), Greek nobleman, statesman, and general
Manuel Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (c. 1326–1380), Despotēs in the Despotate of Morea or the Peloponnese from 25 October 1349 to his death and a contender to the Principality of Achaia
Manuel Kantakouzenos (usurper), Greek rebel leader who started a revolt against the Palaiologos family in the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea
Matthew Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (c. 1325–1383), Byzantine Emperor from 1353 to 1357.
This page lists people with the
surnameKantakouzenos. If an
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