Andronikos II Palaiologos
1259 – 1332 · Generation XXXV · Emperor (r. 1282–1328) · Palaiologos
Andronikos (AD 1259 – 1332). Emperor (r. 1282–1328). Married Anna around AD 1272. Son of Michael VIII. On taking sole power he repudiated his father’s unpopular union with the Roman Church. Short of money, he dismantled the imperial fleet in 1285, devalued the coinage, and raised taxes — economies that left the empire dependent on Genoa and helpless as the Turks overran most of its remaining Anatolian territory. To drive them out he hired the Catalan Company under Roger de Flor, mercenaries who after their leader’s murder turned on their employers and ravaged Thrace, Macedonia, and Thessaly. He bought peace with Serbia by giving his five-year-old daughter Simonis to King Stefan Milutin. His last years were consumed by civil war against his grandson Andronikos III, who forced his abdication; he ended his days in a monastery.
One of 20 people of Palaiologos (1190–1503) in this archive. The last and longest-lived house — it retook the city in 1261 and lost it in 1453.
Line of descent: Manuel Komnenos → John Komnenos → Alexios I Komnenos → Theodora Komnene → Andronikos Angelos Doukas → Alexios III Angelos → Irene Angelina → Theodora Palaiologina → Michael VIII Palaiologos → Andronikos II Palaiologos.
Parents
- Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223 – 1282)
- Theodora Palaiologina (1240 – 1303)
Siblings
- Irene Palaiologina (1259 – ?)
Partners
- Married Anna (1259 – 1281) in 1272 — one child together
Children
- Michael IX Palaiologos (1277 – 1320)
Life
- 1259 — Born
- 1272 — Married Anna
- 1332 — Died