CANTACUZE`NUS, JOHN

CANTACUZE`NUS, JOHN
   emperor of the East; an able statesman, who acting as regent for the heir, had himself crowned king, but was driven to resign at length; retired to a monastery on Mount Athos, where he wrote a history of his time; died in 1411, 100 years old.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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