Andronikos II Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor
Died when: 72 years 325 days (874 months)Star Sign: Aries
Andronikos II Palaiologos (Greek: ??d??????? ????a? ???e??? ??µ????? ?a?a???????, romanized: Andrónikos Doúkas Ángelos Komnenós Palaiologos; 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.
Andronikos' reign marked the beginning of the recently-restored empire's final decline.The Turks conquered most of its remaining Anatolian territories and, during the last years of his reign, he also had to fight his own grandson in the First Palaiologan Civil War.
The war ended in Andronikos' forced abdication in 1328 after which he retired to a monastery for the remainder of his life.
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