Constantine XI Palaeologus

[pey-lee-ol-uh-guhs, pal-ee-]

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noun

Dragases, 1404–53, last Byzantine emperor 1449–53.

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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.