Constantine XI Palaiologos

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Byzantine emperor human monarch

Constantine XI Palaiologos was the final Byzantine emperor, renowned for his valiant but ultimately doomed defense of Constantinople against the Ottoman conquest in 1453.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Constantine XI Palaiologos canonical 42
Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos 2
Constantine XI 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine emperor ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
associatedWith Morea ⓘ
birthDate 8 February 1405 ⓘ
birthPlace Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
capturedBy none ⓘ
causeOfDeath battlefield death during Ottoman assault on Constantinople ⓘ
conflict Byzantine–Ottoman wars ⓘ
Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD ⓘ
surface form: Fall of Constantinople
coronationDate 6 January 1449 ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate 29 May 1453 ⓘ
deathPlace Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
dynasty Palaiologos dynasty ⓘ
era Late Byzantine period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
familyName Constantine XI Palaiologos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Palaiologos
father Manuel II Palaiologos ⓘ
fullName Constantine XI Palaiologos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos
givenName Roman emperor Constantine the Great ⓘ
surface form: Constantine
issue no surviving legitimate children ⓘ
languageSpoken Greek ⓘ
legacy symbol of resistance against Ottoman conquest ⓘ
venerated as a national hero in Greek tradition ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
mother Helena Dragaš ⓘ
notableFor defense of Constantinople in 1453 ⓘ
last Byzantine emperor ⓘ
opponent Mehmed II ⓘ
positionHeld Byzantine emperor ⓘ
Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
predecessor John VIII Palaiologos ⓘ
regnalName Constantine XI Palaiologos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constantine XI
reignEnd 29 May 1453 ⓘ
reignStart 6 January 1449 ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
ruledFrom Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
sibling Demetrios Palaiologos ⓘ
John VIII Palaiologos ⓘ
Theodore II Palaiologos ⓘ
Thomas Palaiologos ⓘ
spouse Caterina Gattilusio ⓘ
Theodora Tocco ⓘ
successor none ⓘ
title Despot of the Morea ⓘ
Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Constantine XI Palaiologos
Description of subject: Constantine XI Palaiologos was the final Byzantine emperor, renowned for his valiant but ultimately doomed defense of Constantinople against the Ottoman conquest in 1453.

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Empire → lastEasternEmperor → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Constantine XI Palaiologos → fullName → Constantine XI Palaiologos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos
Constantine XI Palaiologos → regnalName → Constantine XI Palaiologos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine XI
Constantine XI Palaiologos → familyName → Constantine XI Palaiologos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palaiologos
Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD → hasCommander → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Byzantine Empire → notableRuler → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Ivan III of Russia → relative → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Helena Dragaš → motherOf → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Helena Dragaš → child → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
John VIII Palaiologos → successor → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
John VIII Palaiologos → sibling → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Manuel II Palaiologos → child → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Theodore II Palaiologos → sibling → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Thomas Palaiologos → sibling → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Demetrios Palaiologos → sibling → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Caterina Gattilusio → spouse → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Roman emperors → positionHeldBy → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Palaiologos dynasty → lastRuler → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Palaiologos dynasty → member → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Giovanni Giustiniani → alliedWith → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Giovanni Giustiniani → servedUnder → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Emperor of the Romans → significantHolder → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Byzantine–Ottoman wars → notableCommanderByzantine → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Morea → associatedWithPerson → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Late Byzantine period → hasNotableEmperor → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Theodora Tocco → spouse → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Theodora Tocco → marriageTo → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Republic of Venice (local forces) → alliedWith → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Byzantine emperors → positionHeldBy → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Sophia Palaiologina → relative → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Dragaš → motherOf → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
subject surface form: Helena Dragaš
Saint Hypomone → child → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Agia Ipomoni → motherOf → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Agia Ipomoni → motherOf → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
subject surface form: Helena Dragaš
Empress Helena Palaiologina → child → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Empress Helena Palaiologina → motherOf → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Dragaš family → motherOf → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
subject surface form: Helena Dragaš
Constantine Palaiologos → fullName → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Constantine Palaiologos → alsoKnownAs → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Konstantinos XI Palaiologos
Constantine Palaiologos → alsoKnownAs → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine XI Palaeologus
Despotate of the Morea → associatedWith → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Byzantine Empire (as ally during 1453 siege) → headedBy → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos
Byzantine Empire (as ally during 1453 siege) → finalRuler → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constantine XI Palaiologos (killed in final assault)
Gate of Charisius → associatedWithPerson → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
stemma (Byzantine imperial crown) → wornBy → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Theodora → spouse → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
subject surface form: Theodora Tocco
Theodora → marriedToTitleHolder → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
subject surface form: Theodora Tocco
this entity surface form: Constantine XI Palaiologos, last Byzantine emperor
Andronikos Palaiologos → sibling → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
Andronikos Palaiologos → notableRelative → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos
Andreas Palaiologos → uncle → Constantine XI Palaiologos ⓘ