WI the Eastern Roman Empire was divided in early 14th century?

In OTL Empress Irene second wife of Emperor Andronicus II constantly pressed her husband to divide the Empire among his 4 survivng sons...
Emperor Andronicus II however didnt even wanted to hear about that and the Empire didnt divided...
WI Andronicus gives in to his wife's petitions and splits the Empire among his 4 sons in case of his death? How would the Empire be divided?
Could a divided Empire had survived or it would be an easy prey for invaders?
 
Depends on what "divided" means, but if it really is multiple separate states...it will be eaten up worse than OTL.
 
Depends on what "divided" means, but if it really is multiple separate states...it will be eaten up worse than OTL.

Well according to historians Empress Irene was dreaming that each of her sons would get an imperial crown and his own state to rule. She had 3 sons with Andronicus...
 
Well according to historians Empress Irene was dreaming that each of her sons would get an imperial crown and his own state to rule. She had 3 sons with Andronicus...

That sounds like a recipe for disaster. Four petty statelets, probably not on friendly terms with each other.
 
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