John V Palaiologos
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John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to 1391, with interruptions. His long reign was marked by constant civil war, the spread of the Black Death and several military defea
Restored mosaic of John V Palaiologos in the eastern arch of Hagia Sophia.
John VII Palaiologos
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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 V Palaiologos
…intriguing continued to plague his late reign; John was twice usurped from the throne, first by his son Andronikos IV in 1376 and then by his grandson John VII in 1390. He died in 1391 and was succeeded by his son Manuel, while his younger son Theodore ruled the Despotate of the Morea. John V was the son of…
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)