Page "John V Palaiologos" Paragraph 5

In 1366 he reached the Hungarian Kingdom, arriving to the Royal city of Buda to meet the King Louis I of Hungary.

However the Byzantine emperor offended the King staying on his horse as Louis did the contrary and advanced by walk to him.

The Hungarian monarch then offered him help with the condition that John should change his confession to the catholic, or at least achieving that the Patriarch recognize the Pope's supremacy.

The Emperor left the court of Buda with empty hands and continued his trip throughout Europe searching for assistance against the Ottomans.

Impoverished by war, he was detained as a debtor when he visited Venice in 1369 and later captured in his way back in Bulgarian territories.

In 1371, he recognized the suzerainty of the Ottoman sultan Murad I. Murad later assisted him against his son Andronikos when the latter deposed him in 1376.