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    Manuel II Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Μανουὴλ Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Manouēl Palaiológos; 27 June 1350 – 21 July 1425) was Byzantine emperor from...
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  • Manuel Palaiologos (Greek: Μανουήλ Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Manouēl Palaiologos; 2 January 1455 – before 1513) was the youngest son of Thomas Palaiologos...
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      Palaiologos family Notes Michael VIII and Theodora also had the sons Manuel Palaiologos (c. 1255–before 1259; died young), Constantine Palaiologos (1261–1306;...
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    Selymbria from then until his death. Theodore II Palaiologos was a son of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and his wife Helena Dragaš. His maternal...
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    Demetrios Palaiologos or Demetrius Palaeologus (Greek: Δημήτριος Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Dēmētrios Palaiologos; 1407–1470) was Despot of the Morea together...
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    John VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 December 1392 – 31 October 1448) was the penultimate...
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    (despotēs), from 1408 to 1423. Andronikos Palaiologos was a son of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and his wife Helena Dragaš. His maternal...
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    John VII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 1370 – 22 September 1408) was Byzantine emperor for five...
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    John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 June 1332 – 16 February 1391) was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to...
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  • Manuel II may refer to: Manuel II of Trebizond (c. 1324–1333), Emperor of Trebizond Manuel II Palaiologos (1350–1425), Byzantine Emperor Patriarch Manuel...
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    Andronikos II Palaiologos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiologos; 25 March 1259...
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    John VII. Born on 11 April 1348, Andronikos IV Palaiologos was the eldest son of Emperor John V Palaiologos by his wife Helena Kantakouzene. In 1352 he was...
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    Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1404 – 29...
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  • Palaiologos family. Andreas Palaiologos was the son of Manuel Palaiologos and grandson of Thomas Palaiologos, a brother of Constantine XI Palaiologos...
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    older brothers were Emperor Andronikos IV Palaiologos and Manuel II Palaiologos. In 1376 Theodore I Palaiologos, already named despotēs, was charged with...
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    Helena Dragaš (category Palaiologos dynasty)
    Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos. She served as interim...
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    Renaissance. Serving as the ambassador for the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos in medieval Italy, he became a renowned teacher of Greek literature...
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    Constantine XI Palaiologos, the final Byzantine emperor. Thomas was appointed as Despot of the Morea by his oldest brother, Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, in 1428...
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    believed John VII to be childless. Andronikos V Palaiologos was born c. 1400. The only son of John VII Palaiologos (r.  1390, 1403–1408) and his wife Irene Gattilusio...
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    Palaeologus, was the eldest son of Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea. Thomas was a brother of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the final Byzantine emperor. After...
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    Andronikos III Palaiologos (Medieval Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνός Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiológos; 25 March...
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    However, John IV was overshadowed by his co-emperor, Michael VIII Palaiologos. Palaiologos was a leading noble of military standing and the main figure of...
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    brothers had been. There was allegedly a plot involving him by Manuel II Palaiologos, who tried to use Orhan against Sultan Mehmed; however, the sultan...
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  • John V Palaiologos regain his throne. However, Byzantium was now a vassal state under the Ottomans and John V's son Manuel (later Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos)...
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    Morea in the 1360s. The rival Palaiologos dynasty seized the Morea after Manuel's death in 1380, with Theodore I Palaiologos becoming despot in 1383. Theodore...
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    emperors wished to show special favour to a son (Constantine Palaiologos under Michael VIII Palaiologos and Matthew Kantakouzenos under John VI Kantakouzenos)...
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  • Andronikos III Palaiologos (r. 1328–1341) John VI Kantakouzenos (r. 1341–1354) Andronikos IV Palaiologos (r. 1376–1379) John VII Palaiologos (r. 1390 and...
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  • Ottoman army dispatched by Murad I and the Byzantine garrison led by Manuel II Palaiologos. After a four-year siege, the city surrendered to the Ottomans....
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    dominions in Thrace. Manuel II Palaiologos, the Byzantine emperor, had been the ally of Suleyman; Mûsa therefore besieged Constantinople. Manuel called on Mehmed...
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    Gallipoli with the Byzantine regent John VII Palaiologos in 1403, as the emperor Manuel II Palaiologos was traveling in western Europe at the time. By...
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