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Andronikos III Palaiologos

1297 - 1341

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Andronikos III Palaiologos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνός Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiológos; 25 March 1297 – 15 June 1341), commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. He was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia. He was proclaimed co-emperor in his youth, before 1313, and in April 1321 he rebelled against his grandfather, Andronikos II Palaiologos. He was formally crowned co-emperor in February 1325, before ousting his grandfather outright and becoming sole emperor on 24 May 1328. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andronikos III Palaiologos is the 1,520th most popular politician (down from 1,262nd in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 176th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Turkish Politician.

Andronikos III Palaiologos was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. He is most famous for his failed attempt to reclaim Constantinople from the Ottoman Turks.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andronikos III Palaiologos ranks 1,520 out of 19,576Before him are As-Saffah, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Krum, Jean-Claude Juncker, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, and Rafic Hariri. After him are Öljaitü, Ivan V of Russia, Numerian, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Algirdas, and Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1297, Andronikos III Palaiologos ranks 1After him are Kęstutis, Emperor Hanazono, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Charles II, Count of Alençon, Marjorie Bruce, and Louis of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1341, Andronikos III Palaiologos ranks 2Before him is Gediminas. After him are Öz Beg Khan, Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, An-Nasir Muhammad, Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond, Juliana Falconieri, Leo IV, King of Armenia, John III, Duke of Brittany, Al-Mansur Abu Bakr, Martha of Denmark, and Al-Wathiq I.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Andronikos III Palaiologos ranks 205 out of 1,347Before him are Basilios Bessarion (1403), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Nabonidus (-555), John VI Kantakouzenos (1292), Constantine VI (771), and Mausolus (-410). After him are Numerian (254), Alexios III Angelos (1153), Pulcheria (399), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Hecuba (null), and Romanos II (938).

Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Andronikos III Palaiologos ranks 114Before him are Leo IV the Khazar (750), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Nabonidus (-555), John VI Kantakouzenos (1292), Constantine VI (771), and Mausolus (-410). After him are Numerian (254), Alexios III Angelos (1153), Romanos II (938), Anthemius (420), Michael I Rangabe (770), and Theodore I Laskaris (1174).