Cantacuzene

The long and cordial friendship of his father for John Cantacuzene is alike honorable to the prince and the subject.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

We have seen that the young emperor was saved by Cantacuzene from the power of his grandfather; and, after six years of civil war, the same favorite brought him back in triumph to the palace of

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Cantacuzene managed to take Constantinople, through treachery.

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The hesychasts supported and were victorious with Cantacuzene against John V, supported by the secular clergy.

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The Ottoman Turks, called in by Cantacuzene, defeated the Serbs.

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Serban (Cantacuzene), 202. betrays the Turks at Vienna, 202.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

Born of a noble Wallachian family, which claimed descent from the ancient imperial house of Cantacuzene, he had earned from the Turks, not less by the reckless bravery he had displayed under the standard of the crescent in the wars of Poland, than by the consummate address with which he had steered his way through the tortuous intrigues of the

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

Cantacuzene, whom he accompanied in his retirement to a monastery.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

John V (1341-76 and 1379-91) superseded first by Cantacuzene then by his own son Andronicus IV (1376-79), and finally by his grandson John

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

VI, Cantacuzene (1341-55), contrived to obtain possession of the sovereign power under similar circumstances.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913