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Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Mikhaēl Doukas Angelos Komnēnos Palaiologos; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1261 until his death in 1282, and previously as the co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea from ...
Michael VIII Palaeologus (born 1224 or 1225—died December 11, 1282, Thrace) was the Nicaean emperor (1259–61) and then Byzantine emperor (1261–82), who in 1261 restored the Byzantine Empire to the Greeks after 57 years of Latin occupation and who founded the Palaeologan dynasty, the last and longest-lived of the empire’s ruling houses.
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May 8, 2024 · Michael VIII Palaiologos, born in 1223, was a pivotal figure in Byzantine history, renowned for his role in restoring the Byzantine Empire’s capital to Constantinople in 1261 and ending the Latin Empire.
May 6, 2024 · Michael VIII Palaiologos was a pivotal figure in Byzantine history, playing a significant role in the final chapters of the Byzantine Empire. Born around 1223, Michael rose to power during a tumultuous period marked by the decline of Byzantine authority and the encroaching threat of the Latin Empire and other external forces.
Michael VIII Palaeologus , (born 1224 or 1225—died Dec. 11, 1282, Thrace), Nicaean emperor (1259–61) and Byzantine emperor (1261–82), founder of the Palaeologan dynasty. Appointed regent for the six-year-old son of Theodore II (1258), he seized the throne and blinded the rightful heir.
michael viii palaeologus, byzantine emperor Reigned 1259 to Dec. 11, 1282; b. 1224 or 1225. Michael not only restored Greek rule in Constantinople after the period of Latin domination (1204 – 61), but thwarted the attempted invasion of Byzantium by the able and ambitious Charles of Anjou, king of Sicily.
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.