Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander

Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos

Byzantine nobleman, Grand Domestic, son of Demetrios I 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.