John VII Palaiologos
Videos
John VII Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor for five months in 1390, from 14 April to 17 September. A handful of sources suggest that John VII sometimes used the name Andronikos, possibl
John VII (left) alongside his son Andronikos V Palaiologos and wife Irene Gattilusio from an ivory pyxis from Thessalonica
The Gate of Charisius, through which John VII entered Constantinople on 14 April 1390
Coin of Francesco II Gattilusio, the father of John VII's wife Irene Gattilusio
Portrait of Sultan Bayezid I by Cristofano dell'Altissimo (1552–1562)