Family
By his wife Irene Palaiologina, Matthew Asanes Kantakouzenos had several children including:
- John Kantakouzenos, despotēs
- Demetrios Kantakouzenos, sebastokratōr
- Theodora Kantakouzene
- Helena Kantakouzene, who married Count Luis Fadrique of Salona
- Maria Kantakouzene, who married John Laskaris Kalopheros
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