Constantine XI

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noun

1. 1404–53, last Byzantine emperor (1448–53): killed when Constantinople was captured by the Turks

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Example Sentences

Phocas, takes Candia, 228; emperor, 229; wars of, 231; murdered by Zimisces, 232 Nicholas V., pope, sends aid to Constantine XI.,

From Project Gutenberg

Council of, 341 Franks, threaten Italy, 89; summoned by Witiges, 91; protect the Papacy, 196 Fritigern, Gothic ruler, 35-7; victory of over Valens, 40 Fravitta defeats Gainas, 31 Gainas, minister of Arcadius, 47; rebellion of, 50; slain, 51 Gallienus, Byzantium destroyed by, 10 Gallipoli seized by the Turks, 329 Ganzaca burnt by Heraclius, 136 Gelimer, king of the Vandals, 81; defeated and captured, 85 Genoa, rise of, 263; trade of, with the East, 267; allied to Michael Paleologus, 314; sends aid to Constantine XI.,

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Inside the battered city, Emperor Constantine XI, last of the 1,000-year-old Byzantine line, delivered a speech to his followers which Historian Edward Gibbon was to call "the funeral oration of the Roman Empire."

From Time Magazine Archive

When Mohammed II in 1453 wrested Constantinople from the last of the Caesars, Constantine XI Palaeologus, he barely missed capturing the papal ambassador, Cardinal Isidore of Russia, as an extra prize.

From Time Magazine Archive

The contemporary Greek emperor, Constantine XI., wishing to oppose an enemy capable of resisting their power, to the Abbassides of Bagdad, sent ambassadors to Cordova to form an alliance with Abderamus.

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