Michael Kantakouzenos
Michael Kantakouzenos (c. 1264–1316) was a Byzantine governor and the father of Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos. In 1308 Andronikos II ended the yearly rotation of governors in the Morea and appointed Michael as the province's first long-term steward.
During his eight years in office he curbed corruption and stabilized the province's finances, enabling his successor to launch wars of conquest. He died in 1316, and his son John took the throne in 1347.