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3 days ago · Constantine XI Palaeologus (born February 9, 1404, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died May 29, 1453, Constantinople) was the last Byzantine emperor (1449–53), killed in the final defense of Constantinople against the Ottoman Turks.
5 days ago · Subsequent despots were the sons of the emperor Manuel II Palaiologos: Theodore II Palaiologos, Constantine XI Palaiologos, Demetrios Palaiologos, and Thomas Palaiologos. As Latin power in the Peloponnese waned during the 15th century, the Morea expanded to incorporate the entire peninsula in 1430.
2 days ago · The despots, Demetrios Palaiologos and Thomas Palaiologos, brothers of the last emperor, failed to send any aid. The chronic instability and the tribute payment to the Turks, after the peace treaty of 1446 with Mehmed II, resulted in an Albanian-Greek revolt against them, during which the brothers invited Ottoman troops to help put down the ...
5 days ago · The new seat of the Patriarchate was established in the city of Nicaea until in 1261, when Constantinople was reconquered by the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. Fall of Constantinople in 1453 and Ottoman period [ edit ]
5 days ago · Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor. 14th-c. miniature. Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek. Via Wikimedia. The decline and fall of the over one-thousand-year-old Byzantine empire constitutes an epic tragedy. Year after year, decade after decade, this once great empire became weaker and less likely to survive.
Fun fact: Not only was the Palaiologos dynasty the last Byzantine/Roman dynasty, they were also the LONGEST. With a duration of 194 years, from 1259 (before their reconquest of Constantinople) to 1453, they lasted longer than the Macedonians (189 years), the Komnenids (106 years), and every other dynasty since Augustus.
5 days ago · Glad to hear it. Also, a minor correction is in order. In the previous chapters, I've said that the rightful claimant to the Byzantine Empire is William VIII of Montferrat, but that's not true. I'd forgotten about Manuel Palaiologos, nephew of the last emperor. If Manuel dies without legitimate...
