Michael Kantakouzenos (died 1316) was the first ''epitropos'' ("steward, overseer") of the Byzantine province of the

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, a position he held from 1308 till his death in 1316. In 1308, Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos passed a decree, which stopped the appointment of new governors of the

every year and that this position be given to one person until his death. After the decree was passed, the first ''epitropos'' the emperor appointed was Michael Kantakouzenos. His coming to the Morea was a blessing for the local population in the poor province because he stopped the practice of corrupt governors who tried to pull off a "get rich quick" scheme in their 12-month term. He enabled economic stabilization within the province in his short 8-year term, giving his successor,

Andronikos Asen Andronikos Asen (? - 1322?) was the ''epitropos'' ("steward, overseer") of the Byzantine province of the Morea between 1316 and 1322. Life Andronikos Asen was the son of Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen III and Irene, who was the sister of Byzantine e ...

, the possibility of starting a war of conquest. Michael Kantakouzenos died in 1316. He was survived by his son,

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, who became emperor in 1347.

References

* Georg Ostrogorsky: Byzantische Geschichte 324 - 1453 1316 deaths

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