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| Kantakouzenos Καντακουζηνός Cantacuzenus, Cantacuzene, Cantacuzino | |
|---|---|
| Imperial dynasty and aristocratic family | |
 Coat of arms of Șerban Cantacuzino, Prince of Wallachia 1678–1688 | |
| Country | Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire Principality of Moldavia Principality of Wallachia |
| Founded | c. 11th century 1347 (as imperial family) |
| Founder | XXX XXX (first known; possibly founder) John VI Kantakouzenos (first emperor) |
| Final ruler | Matthew Kantakouzenos (Byzantine Empire) Demetrios Kantakouzenos (Despotate of the Morea) Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino (Principality of Moldavia) Ștefan Cantacuzino (Principality of Wallachia) |
| Titles | |
| Traditions | Orthodox Christianity |
| Deposition | 1357 (Byzantine Empire) 1383 (Despotate of the Morea) 1685 (Principality of Moldavia) 1716 (Principality of Wallachia) |
The Kantakouzenos (pl. Kantakouzenoi; Greek: Καντακουζηνός, pl. Καντακουζηνοί, female version Kantakouzene; Greek: Καντακουζηνή), Latinised as Cantacuzenus (masculine) and Cantacuzena (feminine) and modernised as Cantacuzene or Cantacuzino, is a noble family of Byzantine Greek origin first attested in the early 12th century. During the last centuries of the Byzantine Empire's existence, the Kantakouzenoi rose to become one of the empire's most wealthiest, influential and powerful families, and produced two emperors, John VI Kantakouzenos (r. 1347–1354) and Matthew Kantakouzenos (r. 1353–1357).
Background[edit]
Kantakouzenoi in the Byzantine Empire[edit]
Later history[edit]
WIP[edit]
http://genealogy.euweb.cz/byzant/byzant5.html
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- obscure beginnings
- first attested in the early 12th century
- rose to prominence under the Komnenoi emperors - married into the Komnenos, Angelos and Palaiologos families, securing their position in Byzantine bureaucracy, military life and politics
from Byz pretenders
The actual origin of the Romanian Palaiologoi can be traced to members of the Orthodox Phanariote community in Constantinople being entrusted to governing positions in the Danubian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia by the Ottomans in the 18th century. The aristocrats sent to Moldavia and Wallachia included people with the last name Palaiologos, though any imperial descent is dubious and can not be proven with certainty. Also sent to Romania were aristocrats with the last name Kantakouzenos, purporting to be descendants of Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos.[1] Though their genealogy is somewhat unclear in the mid-15th to 16th centuries,[2] these Kantakouzenoi, who survive to this day as the Cantacuzino family, are, according to the 20th-century Byzantinist Steven Runciman "perhaps the only family whose claim to be in the direct line from Byzantine Emperors is authentic".[3]
Genealogy:
http://www.ghyka.com/Familles/Cantacuzino/Cantacuzino.htm
http://www.ghyka.com/Familles/Cantacuzino/Canta_03.pdf
References[edit]
- ^ Nicol 1992, p. 119.
- ^ Nicol 1968, p. v.
- ^ Runciman 1985, p. 197.
Bibliography[edit]
- Nicol, Donald M. (1968). The Byzantine Family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus), ca. 1100–1460: A Genealogical and Prosopographical Study. Dumbarton Oaks studies 11. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies. OCLC 390843.
- Nicol, Donald M. (1992). The Immortal Emperor: The life and legend of Constantine Palaiologos, last Emperor of the Romans. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-41456-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Runciman, Steven (1985). The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-31310-4.
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