Family
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:
- Matthew Kantakouzenos, co-emperor 1353–1357, later despotēs in Morea
- Manuel Kantakouzenos, despotēs in Morea
- Andronikos Kantakouzenos
- Maria Kantakouzene, who married Nikephoros II Orsini of Epirus
- Theodora Kantakouzene, who married Sultan Orhan of the Ottoman Empire
- Helena Kantakouzene, who married Emperor John V Palaiologos
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