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'''John V Palaeologus''' ([[1332]] – [[February 16]], [[1391]]) was the son of [[Andronicus III]], whom he succeeded as [[Byzantine emperor]] in [[1341]], at age nine.

[[John VI Cantacuzenus]], his father's friend, served as his regent and co-emperor ([[1347]]–[[1354]]). Forced to fight John Cantacuzenus, who usurped the throne during his minority, he came into power in [[1354]].

His reign was marked by the gradual dissolution of the Empire.
In his reign, the Ottomans took [[Adrianople]] and [[Philippolis]], conquered Serbia and exacted tribute from the emperor. After the Ottoman Turks gained control of [[Gallipoli]] and threatened [[Constantinople]], John V appealed to the West for help, proposing to end the [[East-West Schism|schism]] between the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Byzantine]] and Latin churches by submitting to the supremacy of the Roman Church. Impoverished by war, he was detained as a debtor when he visited Venice ([[1369]]). In [[1371]] he recognized the suzerainty of the Ottoman sultan [[Murad I]], who later helped him to regain the throne ([[1379]]) after he was deposed by his son [[Andronicus IV]] in [[1376]]. In [[1390]] his grandson, [[John VII Palaeologus]], briefly usurped the throne. John V was succeeded by his son [[Manuel II Palaeologus]]. To his second son [[Theodore I Palaeologus]] he gave the Despotate of Morea in 1383.

In the end [[1390]] emperor ordered the restoration of the [[Walls of Constantinople|Constantinople Golden Gate]] using for this work marble from decayed churches of city. Upon termination of works, Beyazid I, demanded of him to tear them down. John V obeyed the sultan's order, but could not bear such humiliation and died of a stroke on [[February 16]], [[1391]].

[[Category:1332 births]]
[[Category:1391 deaths]]
[[Category:Palaeologus dynasty]]
[[Category:Byzantine emperors]]

John V Palaeologus - Revision history

Irlandos at 14:40, November 13, 2005