_Andronikos III PALAIOLOGOS _+
                                                          | (1297 - 1341)               
                              _John V PALAIOLOGOS ________|
                             | (1332 - 1390) m 1347       |
                             |                            |_Anna of SAVOY ______________+
                             |                              (1306 - 1365)               
 _Andronikos IV PALAIOLOGOS _|
| (1348 - 1385) m 1356       |
|                            |                             _John VI KANTAKOUZENOS ______+
|                            |                            | (1292 - 1383)               
|                            |_Helena of KANTAKOUZENOS ___|
|                              (1333 - 1396) m 1347       |
|                                                         |_Irene of ASEN ______________+
|                                                           (.... - 1354)               
|
|--John VII PALAIOLOGOS 
|  (1370 - 1408)
|                                                          _ STRATSIMIR ________________
|                                                         |                             
|                             _Ivan Alexander STRATSIMIR _|
|                            | (.... - 1370)              |
|                            |                            |_Keratsa Petritsa SHISHMAN __+
|                            |                                                          
|_Keratsa-Maria of SHISHMAN _|
   m 1356                    |
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                             |                            |                             
                             |_Sara-Theodora of TARNOVO __|
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