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LIFE Matthew Asanes Kantakouzenos was the son of Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos by Eirene Asanina. In return for the support he gave to his father during his struggle with John V Palaiologos he was allowed to annex part of Thrace under his own dominion and in 1353 was proclaimed joint emperor. From his Thracian domain he led several wars against the Serbia ns. An attack which he prepared in 1350 was frustrated by the defection of his Turkish auxiliaries. In 1357 he was captured by his enemies, who delivered him to the rival emperor John V Palaiologos. Compelled to abdicate, he moved to Morea in 1361 and assisted his brother Manuel Kantakouzenos in its government. After his brother's death in 1380 , Matthew Asanes Kantakouzenos governed Morea until the appointment of the new governor Theodore I Palaiologos in 1381 . Matthew Asanes Kantakouzenos withdrew to a monastery, where he composed commentaries on the Scriptures. FAMILY By his wife Eirene Palaiologina, Matthew Asanes Kantakouzenos had several children including: # John Kantakouzenos, ''despotēs'' # Demetrios Kantakouzenos, ''sebastokratōr'' # Theodora Kantakouzene # Helena Kantakouzene, who married Count Luis Fadrique of Salona # Maria Kantakouzene, who married John Laskaris Kalopheros REFERENCES
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