Michael Kantakuzenos

1264 - 1316  (51 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Michael Kantakuzenos
  Birth	May 1264	Mistras, Peloponnisos, Elláda
  Gender	Male
  Death	1316
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  + 1. Michael Kantakuzenos,   b. May 1264, Mistras, Peloponnisos, Elláda d. 1316  (Age 51 years) ▻ Theodora Angelina Palaiologina + 2. NN Kantakuzenos   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ + 3. Anna Palaiologina Kantakuzene,   b. 1244   d. 1313  (Age 69 years) ▻ Nikephoros Komnenos Doukas, I,  m. 1264
  Person ID	I488146	Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Ioannis Komnenos Kantakuzenos,   b. Abt 1212, Constantinople, Thrace, Byzantium Empire d. Mar 1264, Mistras, Peloponnisos, Elláda (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Irene Komnena Palaeologus,   b. Abt 1218, Constantinople, Thrace, Byzantium Empire d. Aft 1284 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1254	Mistras, Peloponnisos, Elláda
  Family ID	F241153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Theodora Angelina Palaiologina,   b. Abt 1272, Constantinople, Thrace, Byzantium Empire d. 6 Jan 1342 (Age 70 years)
  Children	+ 1. Ioannes Cantacuzene, VI,   b. Abt 1294-1295   d. 15 Jun 1383, Cantacuzene (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F195917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2009

  
  

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• Notes

  the first despot of the Morea , a position he held from 1308 till his death in 1316. In 1308, Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos passed a decree, which stopped the appointment of new governors of the Morea every year and that this position be given to one person until his death. After the decree was passed, the first despot (or governor) the emperor had appointed for the newly created Despotate of the Morea was Michael Kantakouzenos. His coming to the Morea was a blessing for the local population in the poor province because he stopped the practice of corrupt governors who tried to pull off a "get rich quick" scheme in their 12 month term. He enabled economic stabilization within the province in his short 8 year term, giving his successor, Andronikos Asen , the possibility of starting a war of conquest. Michael Kantakouzenos died in 1316. He was survived by his son, John , who became emperor in 1347.