Andronicus or Andronikos is a classical Greek name ( Ανδρόνικος ), from the Gr. words " andras ", ( Gr. άνδρας ), i. e. man and " Nike " ( Gr. Νίκη ), i. e. victory.

The emperor's son Andronikos Palaiologos is given the title of Lord of Thessalonike.

Andronikos IV Palaiologos is allowed to remain as Byzantine co-emperor but is confined to the city of Silivri for the remainder of his life.

Jonathan Bate speculates that the name Andronicus could have come from Andronikos V Palaiologos, co-emperor of Byzantium from 1403 – 1407, but as it is unknown how Shakespeare could have been familiar with these individuals, and it is thought more likely that he took the name from the story " Andronicus and the lion " in Antonio de Guevara's Epistolas familiares.

In the Manolis Andronikos Room, for instance, there is an exhibition titled < I > The Coins of Macedonia from the 6 < SUP > th </ SUP > Century to 148 bc </ I >, with examples of coins that were circulating in Macedonia in that period.

According to Jean-Michel Cantacuzène, the origin of the Cantacuzino family in Romania is traced to Andronikos Kantakouzenos ( d 1601 ), a greek financier from Constantinople, son of the " Prince of the Greeks " Michael Kantakouzenos.

Andronikos had among his several sons two who became " boyars " in what today is Romania and founded the yet-surviving new branches of Cantacuzino:

Andronikos had previously been married ( his first wife's name is unknown ).

Anna survived Andronikos ' fall and is next heard of in 1193, when she is said by a Western chronicler to have become the lover of Theodore Branas, a military leader who fought on the Empire's northern frontier.

Kay Ka ' us is reported to have been so impressed by this moderation that he performed more than the treaty required by sending an annual present of Arab horses to Andronikos and money to the St Eugenios monastery.

* Tomb of Philip II of Macedon is found at Vergina by Manolis Andronikos.

The possible descendants of Demetrios ( the exact parentage is uncertain ) were Georgios, called " Sachatai "; Andronikos, the last megas domestikos of the Byzantine Empire ; Eirene, who married Đurađ Branković ; Thomas, who served in Branković's court ; Helena, who became the second wife of David of Trebizond ; and an unnamed daughter, who may have become queen of Georgia.

In the 12th century, Emperor Andronikos Komnenos wore a hat shaped like a pyramid, but eccentric dress is one of many things he was criticised for.

The Byzantine army was divided into a number of divisions, which entered the pass in the following order: a vanguard, largely of infantry ( the other divisions being composed of a mix of infantry and cavalry ); the main division ( of eastern and western Tagmata ); then the right wing ( largely composed of Antiochenes and other Westerners ), led by Baldwin of Antioch ( Manuel's brother-in-law ); the baggage and siege trains ; the Byzantine left wing, led by Theodore Mavrozomes and John Kantakouzenos ; the emperor and his picked troops ; and finally the rear division under the experienced general Andronikos Kontostephanos.

Debouching from the pass they rejoined the unscathed van and main divisions, commanded by John and Andronikos Angelos, Constantine Makrodoukas and Andronikos Lampardas.

Manolis Andronikos conducted archaeological research in Veroia, Naousa, Kilkis, Chalkidiki and Thessaloniki, but his main research was done in Vergina, where his teacher, professor K. Rhomaios had founded in 1937 the Aristotle University Excavation at Vergina.

* Eirene Angelina, who married ( 1 ) Andronikos Kontostephanos, and ( 2 ) Alexios Palaiologos, by whom she was the grandmother of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Andronikos III was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia ( renamed Maria ).

Andronikos II also attempted to marry off his son and co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos to the Latin Empress Catherine I of Courtenay, thus seeking to eliminate Western agitation for a restoration of the Latin Empire.

Andronikos II and Michael IX Palaeologus ( Silver basilikon ).

The dissolute behavior of Michael IX's son Andronikos III Palaiologos led to a rift in the family, and after Michael IX's death in 1320, Andronikos II disowned his grandson, prompting a civil war that raged, with interruptions, until 1328.

The conflict precipitated Bulgarian involvement, and Michael Asen III of Bulgaria attempted to capture Andronikos II under the guise of sending him military support.

Michael VIII Palaiologos was the son of the megas domestikos Andronikos Doukas Komnenos Palaiologos by Theodora Angelina, the granddaughter of Emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina.

Michael VIII entered the city on 15 August and had himself crowned together with his infant son Andronikos II Palaiologos.

Gold histamenon of Romanos IV: Michael VII Doukas flanked by his brothers Andronikos Doukas ( co-emperor ) | Andronikos and Konstantios Doukas | Konstantios on the obverse, Romanos IV and Eudokia Makrembolitissa crowned by Christ on the reverse

Romanus IV was now the senior emperor and guardian of his stepsons and junior co-emperors, Michael VII, Konstantios Doukas, and Andronikos Doukas.

By his wife Irene Asanina, a daughter of Andronikos Asan ( son of Emperor Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria by Eirene Palaiologina, herself daughter of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos ), John VI Kantakouzenos had several children, including:

On January 1, 1068, Eudokia married the general Romanos Diogenes, who now became senior co-emperor alongside Michael VII, Konstantios, and another brother, Andronikos.

A proposal to marry William's elder daughter Isabella to Andronikos, eldest son of Michael VIII, was strongly opposed by the Achaean nobility, who had no desire to come under Byzantine rule.

Gold histamenon of Romanos IV: Michael VII Doukas flanked by his brothers Andronikos Doukas ( co-emperor ) | Andronikos and Konstantios Doukas | Konstantios on the obverse, Romanos IV and Eudokia crowned by Christ on the reverse

Under Andronikos II Palaiologos, son of Michael VIII, Nikephoros renewed the alliance with Constantinople.

Under the first Palaiologan emperor, Michael VIII, the army's role took an increasingly offensive role whilst the naval forces of the Empire, weakened since the days of Andronikos I Komnenos, were boosted to include thousands of skilled sailors and some 80 ships.

Michael VIII's son Andronikos II Palaiologos ( 1259 – 1332 ) married Anne of Hungary and fathered Michael Palaiologos ( 1277 – 1320 ), sometimes numbered the ninth.

# Andronikos II Palaiologos, son of Michael VIII

Their party was defeated ( 2 May 1182 ), but Andronikos Komnenos, a first cousin of Emperor Manuel, took advantage of these disorders to aim at the crown, entered Constantinople, where he was received with almost divine honours, and overthrew the government.

Together with his father and brothers, Alexios had conspired against Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos ( c. 1183 ), and thus he spent several years in exile in Muslim courts, including that of Saladin.

Andronikos II Palaiologos () ( 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332 ), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, was Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.

On 8 November 1273, Andronikos II married Anne of Hungary ( 1260 – 1281 ), daughter of the king Stephen V of Hungary.

Sole emperor from 1282, Andronikos II immediately repudiated his father's unpopular Church union with the Papacy ( which he had been forced to support while his father was still alive ), but was unable to resolve the related schism within the Orthodox clergy until 1310.

After Anna died in 1281, in 1284 Andronikos II then married Yolanda ( renamed Irene ), a daughter of Marquis William VII of Montferrat, with whom he had:

** Andronikos V Palaiologos ( c. 1400 – c. 1407 ), Co-Emperor with his father John VII Palaiologos

Arriving in Constantinople towards the end of 1332 ( or 1334 ), he met the Greek emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos.

His father was a courtier of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos ( 1282 – 1328 ), but he died soon after Gregory was born.

* Anna ( c. 1260 – c. 1281 ), wife of the Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos

* Alexios Komnenos ( son of Andronikos I ), illegitimate son of Andronikos I Komnenos

By his wife Keratsa of Bulgaria ( nun Makaria ), a daughter of Emperor Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria and his second wife Sarah-Theodora, Andronikos IV had three children:

Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos with his family: empress Helena Dragaš ( right ), and three of their sons, John VIII Palaiologos | John, Andronikos Palaiologos, Lord of Thessalonike | Andronikos and Theodore II Palaiologos, Lord of Morea | Theodore.

* The most probable prototype of historical Jesus was a Byzantine emperor, Andronikos I Komnenos ( allegedly AD 1152 to 1185 ), known for his failed reforms, his traits and deeds reflected in ' biographies ' of many real and imaginary persons.

Fomenko claims that the most probable prototype of the historical Jesus was Andronikos I Komnenos ( allegedly AD 1152 to 1185 ), the emperor of Byzantium, known for his failed reforms ; his traits and deeds reflected in ' biographies ' of many real and imaginary persons.

However, his son ( Andronikos IV Palaiologos ), acting as the regent in Constantinople, rejected the deal possibly because of Genoese pressure.

The Venetians established an outpost on the island, which caused significant tension between the Byzantine Empire ( now represented by Andronikos IV ), the Genoese and the Venetians.