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    Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1404 –...
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    Helena Dragaš (category Palaiologos dynasty)
    Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and the mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos. She served as the regent...
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    Mrnjavčević. Konstantin's grandson, last Roman Emperor Constantine XI, was named after him, and even used the name Dragaš. Konstantin's father was the...
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    Osogovo Monastery, built by Konstantin. Konstantin had married his daughter Jelena to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos (r. 1391–1425), from which...
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  • Empire, married to Manuel II Palaiologos (r. 1391–1425) Constantine XI Palaiologos Dragases (Serbian Latin: Konstantin XI Paleolog Dragaš), last Byzantine...
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  • of the Palaiologos dynasty as prospective emperors, with it being suggested by some to crown Demetrios Palaiologos (1407–1470), Constantine XI's brother...
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    Constantinople to force Michael VIII Palaiologos, his 18-year-old son and heir Andronikos and Patriarch John XI Bekkos to reaffirm their allegiance to...
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    Conqueror"), while the Byzantine army was led by Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. After conquering the city, Mehmed II made Constantinople the new Ottoman...
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    Mouzalon was murdered, and Michael Palaiologos assumed the regency for the child-emperor, John IV Laskaris. Palaiologos convinced the aristocrats that an...
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    Byzantium as Andronikos Palaiologos begins a rebellion against his grandfather, the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos. The 24-year-old Andronikos...
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    Velbazhd and because of Konstantin Dragash, who is the grandfather of the last Roman emperor (Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos) and at the same time...
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  • (complete list) – Michael IX Palaiologos, co-Emperor (1294–1320) Andronikos III Palaiologos, Emperor (1321–1341) John V Palaiologos, Emperor (1341–1376, 1379–1390...
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    Inscriptions. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-134-74616-3. Klein, Konstantin (2018). "Kaiser Marcian und die Monophysiten". Gymnasium. 125 (3): 251–273...
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    for Konstantin Dragash, whose name it bears. Constantine Dragash was the grandfather of the last Roman emperor (Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos) and...
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    the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos liberated the city, and after the restoration under the Palaiologos dynasty, it enjoyed a partial recovery...
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  • (complete list) – Michael VIII Palaiologos, Emperor (1261–1282) Andronikos II Palaiologos, Emperor (1282–1328) Michael IX Palaiologos, co-Emperor (1294–1320)...
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    inheritance of the Imperial office. It was also Sophia's brother, Andreas Palaiologos, who held the rights of succession to the Byzantine throne. Andreas died...
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    future "Constantine XII, legitimate successor to the Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos", according to popular legend. He was inevitably christened "Constantine"...
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    2008. ISBN 9785386008475. Uspensky, F. History of the Byzantine Empire: XI–XV centuries. Eastern question. Moscow, Mysl', 1996. ISBN 9785244008821. Kinross...
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    Speech to the Assembly of the Saints. Girardet, Klaus Martin (2013). Konstantin, Rede an die Versammlung der Heiligen – Oratio ad sanctorum coetum. Einleitung...
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    B. (eds.), Brill, Leiden ISBN 978-9004348868 Rochow, I. (1994) Kaiser Konstantin V. (741–775). Materialien zu seinem Leben und Nachleben (in German), Peter...
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    formally granted the Byzantine title of Despot by Emperor John VIII Palaiologos. Like many Christian rulers in Eastern Europe at the time, his rule was...
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    Roman empress overall, was Maria of Trebizond, wife of Emperor John VIII Palaiologos. In addition to basílissa and autokráteira, many later eastern empresses...
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    ruling line of the Empire of Nicaea until the usurpation of Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261. The feminine form of the name is Vatatzina or Batatzina (Βατατζίνα)...
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  • him personally. When Michael VIII Palaiologos died in December 1282, his son and successor, Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328), renounced the ecclesiastical...
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    years prior to then. Another theory, supported by Francis Dvornik and Konstantin Jireček among others, identified the campaign at the end of the siege...
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    Franz Babinger note this date was the 200th anniversary of Michael VIII Palaiologos' recapture of Constantinople from the Latin Empire. Mehmed made a detailed...
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    restoration of the Byzantine Empire under the ambitious Michael VIII Palaiologos further worsened Bulgaria's situation. A major Byzantine invasion in...
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    Michael VIII Palaiologos' European campaigns of 1263–1264, 1270–1272 and 1275. Cumans were again employed by emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos in 1292, in...
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  • Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shōgun (b. 1192) 1332 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1259) 1351 – Kō no Morofuyu, Japanese general...
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