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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Constantine Dragases canonical 2

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Predicate Object
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