Constantine Dragases

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Constantine Dragases was the last Byzantine emperor, renowned for his defense of Constantinople during its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1453.

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instanceOf Byzantine emperor
human
alsoKnownAs Constantine Dragases NERFINISHED
Constantine XI Dragases NERFINISHED
Constantine XI Palaiologos NERFINISHED
Κωνσταντίνος ΙΑ΄ Παλαιολόγος NERFINISHED
associatedWith Constantinople NERFINISHED
Morea NERFINISHED
birthDate 1404-02-08
birthPlace Constantinople NERFINISHED
chronologicalOrder last Roman emperor
conflict Byzantine–Ottoman wars NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
deathCause battle death
deathDate 1453-05-29
deathPlace Constantinople NERFINISHED
era Late Byzantine period NERFINISHED
familyName Dragases NERFINISHED
Palaiologos NERFINISHED
father Manuel II Palaiologos NERFINISHED
givenName Constantine NERFINISHED
historicalReputation heroic defender of Constantinople
knownFor defense of Constantinople in 1453
last Byzantine emperor
languageSpoken Greek
mannerOfDeath killed in action
monarchOf Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
mother Helena Dragaš NERFINISHED
nobleFamily Palaiologos dynasty NERFINISHED
officeHeld Despot of the Morea
opponent Mehmed II NERFINISHED
participatedIn Fall of Constantinople NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial unknown
positionHeld Byzantine emperor
Emperor of the Romans NERFINISHED
precededBy John VIII Palaiologos NERFINISHED
reignEnd 1453-05-29
reignEndAsDespotOfMorea 1449
reignStart 1449-01-06
reignStartAsDespotOfMorea 1428
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
sibling Demetrios Palaiologos NERFINISHED
John VIII Palaiologos NERFINISHED
Theodore II Palaiologos NERFINISHED
Thomas Palaiologos NERFINISHED
succeededBy Mehmed II NERFINISHED
successorState Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
title Despot of the Morea

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Constantine Palaiologos alsoKnownAs Constantine Dragases