John VI Kantakouzenos - Family

Family

By his wife Irene Asanina, a daughter of Andronikos Asan (son of Emperor Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria by Eirene Palaiologina, herself daughter of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos), John VI Kantakouzenos had several children, including:

  1. Matthew Kantakouzenos, co-emperor 1353–1357, later despotēs in Morea
  2. Manuel Kantakouzenos, despotēs in Morea
  3. Andronikos Kantakouzenos
  4. Maria Kantakouzene, who married Nikephoros II Orsini of Epirus
  5. Theodora Kantakouzene, who married Sultan Orhan of the Ottoman Empire
  6. Helena Kantakouzene, who married Emperor John V Palaiologos

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