 Complete the following phrase:  Alexios Apokaukos ; died 11 June 1345, also Latinized as Alexius Apocaucus, was a leading Byzantine statesman and high-ranking military officer megas doux during the reigns of emperors Andronikos III Palaiologos r. 13281341 and John V Palaiologos r. 13411357. Although he owed his rise to high state offices to the patronage of John VI Kantakouzenos r. 13471354, he became, together with Patriarch John XIV Kalekas, one of the leaders of the faction supporting Emperor John V in the 