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Not who you're looking for? Others named John Kantakouzenos: governor of the Thracesian Theme between 1244 and 1249 · Despot · Byzantine general
John Kantakouzenos was a military commander and an early member of the Kantakouzenos family. The contemporary historian Niketas Choniates describes him as a brave, audacious and experienced soldier but frequently led astray by his foolhardiness and presumption.
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