Andronikos II Palaiologos
Andronikos II Palaiologos, 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.
Miniature from the manuscript of George Pachymeres' Historia
The Catalan Company led by Roger de Flor entering Constantinople by José Moreno Carbonero (1888).
Gold hyperpyron of Andronikos II, kneeling before Christ
Chrysobull depicting Andronikos II alongside Christ, AD 1301.
Andronikos III Palaiologos
Andronikos III Palaiologos, commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. He was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia. He was proclaimed co-emperor in his youth, before 1313, and in April 1321 he rebelled against his grandfather, Andronikos II Palaiologos. He was formally crowned co-emperor in February 1325, before ousting his grandfather outright and becoming sole emperor on 24 May 1328.
14th-century miniature. Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek.
Silver basilikon of Andronikos II and Andronikos III