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en-wikipedia-org-4444		Andronikos II Palaiologos - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2602	395	65	Andronikos II Palaiologos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Βʹ Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνός Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiologos; 25 March 1259– 13 February 1332), usually Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine Emperor from 1282 to 1328.[1] Andronikos' reign was marked by the beginning of the decline of the Byzantine Empire. He was the eldest surviving son of Michael VIII Palaiologos and Theodora Palaiologina, grandniece of John III Doukas Vatatzes. Andronikos was acclaimed co-emperor in 1261, after his father Michael VIII recovered Constantinople from the Latin Empire, but he was not crowned until 1272. 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. Constantine was forced to become a monk by his nephew Andronikos III Palaiologos. Andronikos III Palaiologos	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4444.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4444.txt