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Matthew Kantakouzenos

1325 - 1383

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Matthew Asen Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (Greek: Ματθαῖος Ἀσάνης Καντακουζηνός, romanized: Matthaīos Asánēs Kantakouzēnós, c. 1325 – June 1383) was Byzantine Emperor from 1353 to 1357 and later Despot of the Morea from 1380 to 1381. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Kantakouzenos is the 1,827th most popular politician (up from 3,976th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 253rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular Greek Politician.

Matthew Kantakouzenos is most famous for being the son of the Byzantine emperor John VI Kantakouzenos.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Matthew Kantakouzenos ranks 1,827 out of 19,576. Before him are Hibatullah Akhundzada, Al-Musta'sim, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Lyudmila Putina, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, and Nestor. After him are Catherine of Navarre, Maria Theresa of Austria, Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Boris I of Bulgaria, Glycerius, and Haitham bin Tariq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1325, Matthew Kantakouzenos ranks 2. Before him is Hafez. After him are Inês de Castro, Francesco Landini, Abraham Cresques, Acamapichtli, Eleanor of Sicily, Uliana of Tver, Rupert II, Elector Palatine, Vladislav I of Wallachia, and Rainier II, Lord of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1383, Matthew Kantakouzenos ranks 2. Before him is John VI Kantakouzenos. After him are Ferdinand I of Portugal, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Liubartas, Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, Radu I of Wallachia, James of Baux, Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Demetrios I Kantakouzenos.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Matthew Kantakouzenos ranks 132 out of 1,024. Before him are Lysias (-445), Ictinus (-500), Necho II (-625), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), and Nestor (null). After him are Antiphon (-480), Prodicus (-460), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Agesilaus II (-444), Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), and Ioannis Metaxas (1871).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Matthew Kantakouzenos ranks 47. Before him are Berenice I of Egypt (-340), Polycrates (-600), Critias (-460), Necho II (-625), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), and Nestor (null). After him are Antiphon (-480), Agesilaus II (-444), Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Oruç Reis (1473), and Antonia Minor (-36).

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