Regency Supporters: All Data

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A faction in the Byzantine Civil War of 1341-1347. After the death of the emperor Andronikos III, Kantakouzeno became the regent of the throne. When he proclaimed himself emperor, regions of the Byzantine Empire that supported Andronikos' son begun to split from the empire. The first manifestation of this social division appeared in Adrianople where, on 27 October, the populace expelled the city's aristocrats, securing it for the regency.