 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kufa kwaAndronikos III muna 1341 imwe hondo yevagari vemo yakatanga, yakagara kusvikira muna 1347. Andronikos III akasiya mwanakomana wake aiva nemakore matanhatu pasi pokutonga kwaAnne weSavoy. Mutungamiriri chaiye woUmambo hweByzantium, John Cantacuzenus, akanga asiri shamwari yepedyo chete yamambo akanga afa asi aivawo muridzi wenyika akapfuma zvikuru, uye aida kuva mutongi panzvimbo pake. Haana kubudirira, asi akaziviswa kuva mambo muThrace. Kurwisana uku kwakanga kwakafanana nokurwisana kwemapoka evanhu, vapfumi nevane simba vachitsigira Cantacuzenus uye varombo vachitsigira mambokadzi aiva mutongi. Kutaura idi, apo vanhu vakakurumbira muna 1342 vakakarakadza kuti guta reTesaronika riiswe kuna Cantacuzenus, vanhu vanorwisana nevanhu vakakurumbira vakatora guta racho ndokuridzora kusvikira muna 1350. 