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The House of Palaiologos ( pl. Palaiologoi; Greek: Παλαιολόγος, pl. Παλαιολόγοι, female version Palaiologina; Greek: Παλαιολογίνα ), also found in English-language literature as Palaeologus or Palaeologue, was a Byzantine Greek noble family that rose to power and produced the last and longest-ruling dynasty in the history of the Byzantine Empire.
Oct 27, 2023 · Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine Emperor, was born on February 8, 1405, in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. He belonged to the prestigious Palaiologos dynasty, which had ruled the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire since the mid-13th century.
At the Battle of Pelagonia (1259), the forces of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–1282) killed or captured most of the Latin nobles of the Principality of Achaea, including the Prince William II of Villehardouin (r. 1246–1278).
v. t. e. The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Palaiologos dynasty in the period between 1261 and 1453, from the restoration of Byzantine rule to Constantinople by the usurper Michael VIII Palaiologos following its recapture from the Latin Empire, founded after the Fourth Crusade (1204), up to the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire.
The House of Palaiologos, also found in English-language literature as Palaeologus or Palaeologue, was a Byzantine Greek noble family that rose to power and produced the last and longest-ruling dynasty in the history of the Byzantine Empire.
May 6, 2024 · Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224-1282) ascended as Byzantine emperor in 1261, having been co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea since 1259. He founded the Palaiologan dynasty, which lasted until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
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Nov 4, 2019 · Summary. In the course of the fourteenth century, Byzantine society underwent a series of major changes, in some ways similar to those in western Europe, in other ways quite different, and complicated by the presence of external threats that progressively led to the dissolution of the state and the conquest of its territory.
