Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1297)

Andronikos III Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341

Andronikos III Palaiologos, commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. He was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia. He was proclaimed co-emperor in his youth, before 1313, and in April 1321 he rebelled against…