Greetings all,
Today we commemorate John VII Palaiologos becoming Emperor on April 14th in 1309 AD:
He was ousted after five months by his uncle Manuel, but never gave
up his claim to the throne. Later in 1399 the Ottomans besieged
Constantinople and John VII successfully defended the city for three
years until his uncles return. John VII then negotiated a favorable
treaty with the Ottomans which returned the city of Thessalonica (whch
had been lost in 1387) to the Byzantine Empire.
An
impressive legacy - he could have lived a life fighting civil war but
instead continued to work for the health of the Empire.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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