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Palaeologus

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[pey-lee-ol-uh-guhs, pal-ee-] / ˌpeɪ liˈɒl ə gəs, ˌpæl i- /

noun

  1. family name of Byzantine rulers 1259–1453.


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Perhaps twenty thousand people were left to defend it, including the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaeologus, who died fighting for his city.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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

Comnenus, 221Isaac Sebastocrator, 295, 296, 297, 310Isaac Palaeologus Asanes, 275Isidore, Cardinal, 231Ispigas.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

Palaeologus, 128Anna, daughter of Emperor Theophilus, 270Anselm, Bishop of Havalsberg, 220Anthemius, 74Anthimus, Saint, 291, 294Antioch, 86, 290Antony, Patriarch, 43, 69Apocaucus, 144, 145Aqueduct of Valens, 183, 184.Arian,

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

In his opinion the church of S. Theodosia was not the first sanctuary to guard the mortal remains of Constantine Palaeologus, but the second.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander