Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko Matthew Asanes Kantakouzenos te tama a Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos me Irene Asanina. Hei utu mo te tautoko i whakawhiwhia e ia ki tona papa i a ia e whawhai ana ki a John V Palaiologos, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia tetahi waahanga o Thrace hei apanage i te 1347, a ka kiia ko ia te emepara tahi i te 1353, i te wa e tuwhera ana te pakanga a iwi
ka pakaru ano ki a John V.