Name: Byzantine civil war of 1352-1357

Type: Event

Start: 1353 AD

End: 1353 AD

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Byzantine civil war of 1352-1357

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The war opposed Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos to John VI Kantakouzenos and his eldest son Matthew Kantakouzenos.

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January 1353: War broke out in 1352, when John V, supported by Venetian and Turkish troops, launched an attack on Matteo Cantacuzeno.

February 1353: John Cantakouzenos came to his son's aid with 10,000 Ottoman men who retook the Thracian cities, pillaging them in the process.