John Palaiologos ( el, Ἱωάννης Παλαιολόγος; 1286–1307) was a son of the

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Andronikos II Palaiologos , image = Andronikos II Palaiologos2.jpg , caption = Miniature from the manuscript of George Pachymeres' ''Historia'' , succession = Byzantine emperor , reign = 11 December 1282 –24 May 1328 , coronation = 8 Novemb ...

(

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ed 1282–1328) and his second wife,

Irene of Montferrat Yolande of Montferrat ( – 1317 in Constantinople) (also known as Violante, then Empress Irene) was the second wife of Andronikos II Palaiologos and thus Empress of the Byzantine Empire. She was the heir of the Margraviate of Montferrat. Born i ...

. He received the supreme courtly dignity of Despot on 22 May 1295, and married Irene Palaiologina Choumnaina, the daughter of

Nikephoros Choumnos Nikephoros Choumnos ( el, , 1250/55 – 1327) was a Byzantine scholar and official of the early Palaiologan period, one of the most important figures in the flowering of arts and letters of the so-called "Palaiologan Renaissance". He is notable ...

, in 1303. The pair did not have any children. From 1304, he served as governor of

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, where he made donations of property to the Hodegetria Monastery. In 1305, the throne of the March of Montferrat became vacant and his mother wanted to send John to take it up, but was successfully opposed by the

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, so that John's younger brother

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was sent instead. John Palaiologos died in 1307 in Thessalonica. In 1321, his body was transferred to

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and buried in the

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* 1286 births 1307 deaths 14th-century Byzantine people 13th-century Byzantine people Byzantine governors of Thessalonica Despots (court title)

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