Demetrios Palaiologos

Demetrios Palaiologos (c. 1295 – after 1343) was the youngest son of Emperor Andronikos II and his second wife, Irene of Montferrat, and received the title of despot in 1306. In the civil war of 1321–1328 he backed his father against his nephew Andronikos III, governing Thessalonica in 1327–1328 before fleeing to Serbia.

Reconciled after the war, he was accused of conspiracy in 1336–1337, but Andronikos III dropped the charges. He was also a noted theologian and miniature painter.