Matias Asen Kantakouzenos (co-emperor of Byzantium, despot of Mistra)

   Ματθαίος Ασάνης Καντακουζηνός

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Personal and Family Information

Matias was born about 1325, the son of Ióannés VI Kantakouzenos and Irene Asanina. The place is not known.

He died in 1391. The place is not known.

[Note 1]

His wife was Eirene Palaiologina, who he married in 1341 in Thessaloniki. Their only known child was Demetrios I (c1343-<1420).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Matias Asen Kantakouzenos
(c1325-1391)

 

Ióannés VI Kantakouzenos
(c1292-1383)

 

Michael Kantakouzenos
(c1265-c1316)

 

Ióannés Komnenos Angelos Kantakouzenos
(c1212-c1264)

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Theodora Angelina Palaiologina
(<1278-1342)

 

NN Palaiologos
 

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Irene Asanina
(-<1379)

 

Andronikos Asan
(->1355)

 

Ivan III Asên
(1259/60-c1302)

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Eirene Palaiologina
 

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NN Tarchanaiotissa
 

 

Michael Dukas Glabas Tarchaneitos
(c1235->1304)

 
   

Maria Doukaina Komnene Branaina Palaiologina
 

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Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth ABT 1325
Death 1391
See Note 1

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Nobility Title FROM APR 1353 TO DEC 1357 co-emperor of Byzantium
Nobility Title FROM 1357 TO 1380 despot of Mistra

Multimedia

Notes

Note 1

as a monk in the Peloponnese