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"Kantakouzeno family who later became the voyvodes of Wallachia and Moldavia" "The evil spirit of the time was John Cantacuzenus, the prime minister of the deceased emperor. He was a clever, shifty, intriguing courtier, with a turn for literature, but had the abilities neither of a general nor of a statesman." http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37756/37756-h/37756-h.html#Pg321 "was a Greek nobleman, statesman, and general. He served as grand domestic under Andronikos III Palaiologos and regent for John V Palaiologos before reigning as Byzantine emperor in his own right from 1347 to 1354. Deposed by his former ward, he was made to retire to a monastery under the name Joasaph Christodoulos and spent the remainder of his life as a monk and historian. At age 90 or 91 at his death, he was the longest living of both the Roman and Byzantine Emperers" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_VI_Kantakouzenos https://books.google.fi/books?id=hrNDBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198&dq=kantakouzenos+family&source=bl&ots=Lpw16hhcUL&sig=ACfU3U3kOAesJxjnwrEqkGLviSQpmCGJKQ&hl=fi&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjumOiQprDqAhVHUZoKHe5XCVAQ6AEwAnoECBMQAQ#v=onepage&q=kantakouzenos%20family&f=false "By his wife Irene Asanina, a daughter of Andronikos Asan (son of Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria by Irene Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria, herself daughter of Michael VIII Palaiologos), John VI Kantakouzenos had several children, including: -Matthew Kantakouzenos, co-emperor 1353–1357, later Despot of the Morea -Manuel Kantakouzenos, Despot of the Morea -Andronikos Kantakouzenos (died 1347) -Maria Kantakouzene, who married Nikephoros II Orsini of Epirus -Theodora Kantakouzene, who married Sultan Orhan of the Ottoman Empire -Helena Kantakouzene, who married John V Palaiologos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orsini_family Was married to Orsini-family and guess which order it includes http://www.orderofsaintlazarus.com/organisation.php?lng=en&id_rub=2 http://www.orderofsaintlazarus.com/organisation.php?lng=en&id_rub=3 the "goverment" as they call it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Dobrzensk%C3%BD_z_Dobrzenicz "The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem was founded within the Catholic Church and is, from its origin, a religious community. It is currently composed of chaplains and lay people belonging to different ecclesial communities. Its spiritual vocation is to promote Christian unity. The legitimacy of the Order of Saint Lazarus had the spiritual guarantee of the Patriarchs of Jerusalem, both Greek and Latin rite, from its origin until 1255 and then it was confirmed by Pope Alexander IV in his Bull given at Naples 11 April 1255, and by successive Popes until the 19th century. This spiritual guarantee was granted by the Greek-Melkite Patriarchs from 1841 until 2005. Since 2 February 2005 the spiritual protection of the Order has been provided by a high-ranking Catholic prelate solicited by the Grand Magistry. The Spiritual Protector is the guarantor of the spiritual legitimacy of the Order and its relationship with the Catholic Church in an ecumenical spirit."