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

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Constantine Palaiologos alsoKnownAs Constantine Dragases
Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos alsoKnownAs Constantine Dragases
subject linked to: Constantine Dragases