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Andronicus II
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'''Andronicus II Palaeologus''' (
1260 –
February 13,
1332),
Byzantine emperor, was the elder son of
Michael VIII Palaeologus, whom he succeeded in
1282. He ruled until 1328.
He allowed the fleet, which his father had organized, to fall into decay; and the empire was thus less able than ever to resist the exacting demands of the rival powers of
Venice and
Genoa.
During his reign the
Ottoman Turks under
Osman I Osman conquered nearly the whole of
Bithynia; and to resist them the emperor called in the aid of the
Catalonia Catalan Roger de Flor, who commanded a body of
Aragonese and
Catalonia Catalan adventurers known as
Almogavars. The Turks were defeated, but Roger was found to be nearly as formidable an enemy to the imperial power. He was
assassination assassinated by Andronicus's son and colleague (sometimes referred to as emperor Michael IX, though he never ruled in his own name), in
1305. His adventurers (known as the
Catalan Grand Company or ''Companyia Catalana'' in
Catalan language Catalan) declared war upon Andronicus, and, after devastating
Thrace and
Macedonia (region) Macedonia, conquered the
Duchy of Athens and
Thebes, Greece Thebes.
From
1320 onwards the emperor was engaged in war with his grandson
Andronicus III Andronicus. He abdicated in
1328 and died in
1332.
In
1274 he married Anne of Hungary, a daughter of King
Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V, with whom he had two sons:
#
Michael IX Palaeologus
# Constantine
After she died in
1281 Andronicus married a daughter of Wilhelm IX of Montferrat, Yolande, who took the name of Irene and bore him:
# John (c. 1286 - 1308)
#
Theodore I of Montferrat Theodore I, Marquis of Montferrat (1291-1338)
# Demetrius (d. after 1343)
# Simonis (1294 - after 1336) (married King of
Serbia Stefan Milutin Stephen II Urosh Milutin)
He also had at least two illegitimate daughters:
# Irene, wife of John II despot of
Thessaly
# Maria, wife of
Tokhta Khan of the
Golden Horde
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References
*{{1911}}
Category:Palaeologus dynasty
Category:Byzantine emperors
Category:1260 births
Category:1332 deaths
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el:ΑνδÏ?όνικος Î’'
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fr:Andronic II Paléologue
hu:II. Andronikosz
ja:アンドãƒãƒ‹ã‚³ã‚¹2世パレオãƒã‚´ã‚¹
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zh:安德洛尼�二世
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