Andronikos Palaiologos ( el, Ἀνδρόνικος Παλαιολόγος; died July 1344) was a

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aristocrat and military commander during the

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. Andronikos was the son of Constantine Palaiologos, the governor of

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, an uncle of Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos (reigned 1328–41). Andronikos is first mentioned on 19 November 1341, when, on the occasion of the coronation of

John V Palaiologos John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( el, Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, ''Iōánnēs Palaiológos''; 18 June 1332 – 16 February 1391) was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to 1391, with interruptions. Biography John V was the son of E ...

, he was named ''

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''. Soon after,

John VI Kantakouzenos John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene ( el, , ''Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós''; la, Johannes Cantacuzenus; – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general. He served as grand domestic under ...

, embroiled in a civil war with the regency for the underage John V, promoted him to ''

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'' and named him as governor of the Rhodope mountains region and the fortress of Stenimachos. As soon as he reached his province, however, he declared himself for the regency. In this he was influenced by his family ties to one of the regency's leaders, the '' megas doux'' Alexios Apokaukos, one of whose daughters he had married. His father likewise transferred his allegiance to the regency at about the same time. In 1343/4, Apokaukos sent him against Kantakouzenos' loyalists in the area of

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. While besieging the fortress of

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in July 1344, he drowned in the Hebros river.

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