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John VI Kantakouzenos

1292 - 1383

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John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós; Latin: Iohannes Cantacuzenus; c. 1292 – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general. He served as grand domestic under Andronikos III Palaiologos and regent for John V Palaiologos before reigning as Byzantine emperor in his own right from 1347 to 1354. Deposed by his former ward, he was forced to retire to a monastery under the name Joasaph Christodoulos (Greek: Ἰωάσαφ Χριστόδουλος) and spent the remainder of his life as a monk and historian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John VI Kantakouzenos has received more than 375,113 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). John VI Kantakouzenos is the 1,279th most popular politician (up from 1,462nd in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 205th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 1,279 out of 19,576. Before her are Lucius Caesar, Valdemar I of Denmark, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Antiochus I Soter, Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, and Andronikos I Komnenos. After her are Güyük Khan, Frederick IV of Denmark, Maurice, Prince of Orange, Süleyman Demirel, Toghon Temür, and Moshe Katsav.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1292, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 1. After her are Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, Elizabeth of Bohemia, Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, and Elisenda of Montcada. Among people deceased in 1383, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 1. After her are Ferdinand I of Portugal, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, Matthew Kantakouzenos, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Liubartas, Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, Radu I of Wallachia, Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, Demetrios I Kantakouzenos, Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Dmitry of Suzdal.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 161 out of 1,347. Before her are Pope John V (635), Mausolus (-410), Romanos I Lekapenos (870), Constantine VI (771), Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297), and Andronikos I Komnenos (1118). After her are Süleyman Demirel (1924), Şah Sultan (1509), Numerian (254), Constantine IV (652), Uzun Hasan (1423), and Alexios V Doukas (1140).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, John VI Kantakouzenos ranks 84. Before her are Basil I (811), Mausolus (-410), Romanos I Lekapenos (870), Constantine VI (771), Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297), and Andronikos I Komnenos (1118). After her are Süleyman Demirel (1924), Şah Sultan (1509), Numerian (254), Constantine IV (652), Uzun Hasan (1423), and Alexios V Doukas (1140).

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