sons at Mistra in Laconia. Family By his wife Irene Asanina, a daughter of Andronikos Asen (son of Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria by Irene Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria, herself daughter of Michael VIII Palaiologos), John VI Kantakouzenos had several children, including: Matthew Kantakouzenos, co-emperor 1353–1357, later Despot of the Morea Manuel Kantakouzenos, Despot of the Morea Andronikos Kantakouzenos (died of the Bubonic Plague (specifically the Black Death) in 1347) Maria Kantakouzene, who married Nikephoros II Orsini of Epirus Theodora Kantakouzene, who married Sultan Orhan of the Ottoman Empire Helena Kantakouzene, who married John V Palaiologos Works Kantakouzenos's 4-volume History was published by J. Pontanus in 1603, by Ludwig Schopen at Bonn as part of the Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae ; and by J.-P. Migne at Paris. He also wrote a commentary on the first five books of Aristotle's Ethics and several controversial theological treatises, including a defense of Hesychasm and a work Against Mohammedanism printed in Migne. See also Demetrios Kydones List of Byzantine emperors Notes References Sources & pp. 74–75 1292 births 1383 deaths 14th-century Byzantine emperors 14th-century Greek people Byzantine generals Byzantine regents John 06 John 06 People from Constantinople Eastern Orthodox monarchs Eastern Orthodox monks Monarchs who abdicated Grand Domestics Burials in Greece 14th-century Byzantine historians