Andronikos IV, Byzantine emperor (born 1348)

Andronikos IV Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor from 1376 to 1379

Andronikos IV Palaiologos or Andronicus IV Palaeologus was the eldest son of Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos. Appointed co-emperor from 1352, he had a troubled relationship with his father: he launched a failed rebellion in 1373, usurped the throne in 1376–1379, and…