deaths
June 4, 1453
Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander
Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos
Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos was the last Grand Domestic of the Byzantine Empire. Present in the city at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, he was one of the group of high Imperial officials executed by Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II five days after the city was taken.