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- In 1453, Constantine XI led the heavily outnumbered Byzantine army into battle against the Ottomans in an effort to save Constantinople. In the middle of a fierce swordfight, just as the emperor was to be overcome, an angel appeared and transformed Constantine to marble. The angle swept him away to safety, never to be seen again.
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'Emperor/King turned into Marble'), reflecting a popular legend that Constantine had not actually died, but had been rescued by an angel and turned into marble, hidden beneath the Golden Gate of Constantinople awaiting a call from God to be restored to life and reconquer both the city and the old empire.
- 6 January 1449 – 29 May 1453
- Helena Dragaš
Jul 24, 2020 · The “Marbled King” is Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine Emperor, a hero who died during the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans and was killed on the day the capital of the Byzantine empire fell on 29. May 1453.
Sep 15, 2022 · Constantine XI Palaiologos, “King and Emperor of the Romans,” was last seen alive near the St Romanos gate, where the fighting was thickest. The city was then taken, and the last ruler of Constantinople passed into legend as ‘the Marble King.’
A legend refers to the Marble King, Constantine XI, holding that, when the Ottomans entered the city, an angel rescued the emperor, turned him into marble and placed him in a cave under the earth near the Golden Gate, where he waits to be brought to life again.[2][3].
collegesales@cambridge.org. Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople and Byzantium. In 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, he was last seen fighting at the city walls, but the actual circumstances of his death have remained surrounded in myth.
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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.
Feb 17, 2024 · Constantine XI Palaiologos (February 8, 1404 – May 29, 1453), also known as Dragases, remains a captivating figure in history as the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire. His tragic reign, culminating in the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453, marks a significant turning point in world history.
