Family
He married Helena Kantakouzene, daughter of his co-emperor John VI Kantakouzenos and Irene Asanina, on 28 May 1347. They had at least nine children:
- Andronikos IV Palaiologos (2 April 1348 – 28 June 1385).
- Irene Palaiologina (c. 1349 – after 1362). Married her first cousin Halil of Bithynia. Her husband was a son of Orhan I and Helena's sister Theodora Kantakouzene.
- Manuel II Palaiologos (27 June 1350 – 21 July 1425).
- Theodore I Palaiologos, Lord of Morea (c. 1355 – 24 June 1407).
- Michael Palaiologos (d. 1376/1377). Claimed the throne of the Empire of Trebizond from Alexios III. Assassinated while his campaign was ongoing.
- Maria Palaiologina (d. 1376). Betrothed to Murad I. She died before the marriage could take place.
- A daughter betrothed to Peter II of Cyprus.
- Two unnamed daughters reported to have entered monasteries in 1373.
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