In 1478, Theodore travelled to Venice with his father, Paul, and became a stratiote. Over the course of the 12th century, the Palaiologoi were mostly part of the military aristocracy, not recorded as occupying any administrative political offices, and they frequently intermarried with the then ruling Komnenos family, increasing their prestige. He made his own son Matthew Kantakouzenosa co-emperor in 1353. [38][39] According to Russian sources, he might also have had a daughter, Maria Palaiologina, who married a Russian prince. On the death of the emperor in 1341, John Kantakouzenos was left as the designated regent, and guardian of his son John V Palaiologos, who was nine years old. Variant used during the joint reign of John V Palaiologos and John VI Kantakouzenos 1347–1354. [1] For instance, Michael VIII Palaiologos's full name was Michael Komnenos Doukas Angelos Palaiologos. See Article History. Their rule of the empire continued until 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed the Conqueror conquered Constantinople and the final Palaiologan emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, died in the city's defense. When his brother, Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, died childless, a dispute erupted between Constantine and his brother Demetrios Palaiologos over the throne. Though most of these documents do not appear questionable in of themselves, they have not been authenticated and there are several problems with the overall reconstruction of events and descent. [38] The family name Palaiologos had been relatively widespread in the Byzantine Empire, and the family had been quite extensive before a branch of it acceded to the imperial throne. [1] On John IV's eleventh birthday, 25 December 1261, the boy was deposed, blinded and confined to a monastery. [71] The only Marquis to seriously consider using his Byzantine connection was Theodore's son, John II of Montferrat, who wished to take advantage of the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, between Andronikos II's great-grandson John V and John VI Kantakouzenos, in order to invade the empire and conquer Thessaloniki. [24] Under their rule, the Morea was transformed into somewhat of a Byzantine government-in-exile, as Byzantine refugees from Constantinople and elsewhere fled to their courts, some even wishing to proclaim Demetrios, the elder brother, as Constantine's successor and the new Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans. [1], The Palaiologoi's many marriages with prominent Byzantine families was reflected in their choice of surnames, with earlier members of the imperial dynasty using the surnames of several of the previous ruling dynasties to reinforce their legitimacy. 3. Andreas Palaeologus in Rome, 1465-1502", "El fin de Constantinopla y las supuestas herencias nobiliarias bizantinas", "Su alcune discendenze moderne dei Paleologi di Bisanzio", "The Palaiologos Family After 1453: The Destiny of an Imperial Family", Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit, "Les premiers Paléologues. The promised crusade, the fruit of John VIII's labor, ended only in disaster as it was defeated by the Turks at the Battle of Varna in 1444. Their genealogy mainly derives from the tombstone of Theodore Paleologus (d. 1636), which lists Theodore's male-line ancestors five generations back, reaching Thomas. [1], By the 15th century, the Byzantine emperors had lost any real power, with the Ottoman sultans increasingly becoming the real regulators of political matters within the empire. [113] Giovanni's descendants then supposedly remained in Salerno, where they gave rise to the modern (and extant) Paleologo Mastrogiovanni (or just Mastrogiovanni) family, named in his honour. They had at least six children -- four sons and at least two daughters. Murad defeated Mustafa's rebellion and besieged Constantinople in 1422, though the Byzantines successfully repulsed him. [12] The blinding of John IV was a stain on the Palaiologan dynasty. Some even believed that Constantine XI would return to rescue them, that he wasn't actually dead but merely asleep, awaiting a call from the heavens to return and restore Christian control over Constantinople. [75] The ancestry of the Paleologu can be traced to Greeks with the name Palaiologos, but not to the imperial family. [108] Theodore had a well-documented career as a stratiote. 1471-72", "Crusading and Matrimony in the Dynastic Policies of Montferrat and Savoy", "Surviving Exile: Byzantine Families and the Serenissima 1453–1600", "Organo di informazione del Circolo Culturale "I Marchesi del Monferrato" "in attesa di registrazione in Tribunale, "Sophia of Montferrat, or The History of One Face", "A Worthless Prince? He served as grand domestic under Andronikos III Palaiologos and regent for John V Palaiologos before reigning as Byzantine emperor in his own right from 1347 to 1354. [115] This family history derives mainly from oral tradition, with only a handful of documents possibly verifying parts of it as true. In 1394, Manuel II ceased to pay tribute to the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I, who responded by besieging Constantinople. He distinguished himself in battle against the Serbs and in 1337 helped incorporate the despotate of Epirus, in western Greece, into the empire. John V was initially victorious, imprisoning and disinheriting Andronikos IV and appointing a younger son, Manuel II Palaiologos , as his successor instead. [100][101], Ferdinand died in 1670 and was survived only by his son, Theodore. [25] The brothers were divided in their policies. After not receiving any satisfactory offers, Manuel surprised the establishment in Rome by travelling to Constantinople in 1476 and presenting himself before Sultan Mehmed II. He succeeded his father as Byzantine Emperor in 1341, at age nine. The Phanariots sent to Wallachia and Moldavia included people with the last name Palaiologos, ancestors of the Paleologu family. His maternal grandparents were Count Amadeus V of Savoy and his second wife Maria of Brabant. [22] To prevent aid coming from the Morea, now governed by Thomas and Demetrios, Mehmed II sent one of his generals, Turahan Bey (who had raided the Morea twice before) to devastate the peninsula. The last certain members of the imperial line of the Palaiologoi died out in the 16th century, but female-line descendants survive to the present day. [1], When Andronikos III died in 1341, his underage son John V Palaiologos inherited the throne. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Behold how our merciful and omniscient Lord has managed to preserve the integrity of our holy Orthodox faith and to save (us) all; he brought forth out of nothing the powerful Empire of the Ottomans, which he set up in the place of our Empire of the Romaioi, which had begun in some ways to deviate from the path of the Orthodox faith; and he raised this Empire of the Ottomans above every other in order to prove beyond doubt that it came into being by the will of God .... For there is no authority except that deriving from God. Manuel II Palaiologos(27 June 1350 – 21 July 1425); 4. Michael VIII succeeded in a union at the Second Council of Lyons in 1274, which formally reunited the churches after more than two centuries of schism. [23] Constantine also sent desperate pleas for aid to Western Europe, though little help ever arrived. Common versions of the last name used today include the standard Palaiologos (approximately 1,800 people, most common in Greece),[83] Palaiologou (approximately 2,000 people, again most common in Greece),[84] Paleologos (approximately 500 people, most common in the United States but present worldwide)[85] and Paleologo (approximately 250 people, most common in Italy). John V retook the throne in 1379 but reached an agreement with Andronikos in 1381, wherein Andronikos was to succeed him as emperor, passing over Manuel. Advances in science and the arts, referred to as the Palaiologan Renaissance, lasted throughout the dynasty's rule, encouraged by the efforts of some emperors such as Andronikos II and Manuel II. John V Palaiologos (or Palaeologus) (Greek: Ίωάννης Ε' Παλαιολόγος, Iōannēs V Palaiologos) (18 June 1332 – 16 February 1391) was a Byzantine emperor, who succeeded his father in 1341, at age nine. Omissions? George served as the doux of Dyrrhachium in the reign of Alexios I and was accorded the title of kouropalates. At the Council of Florence in 1439, Emperor John VIII reaffirmed the Union in the light of imminent Turkish attacks on what little remained of his empire. By 1354 Cantacuzenus was anxious to continue his rule and crowned his son, Matthew, co-emperor. [114], Supposedly, Rogerio's descendants would then have remained in Casalsottano until 1571, when Giovanni Paleologo was given the fief of Perito and Ostigliano in Salerno. Even in this state, the empire, famous for its frequent civil wars, was unable to stay united. Their known children include: John VIII Palaiologos was the eldest son of Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš, the daughter of the Serbian prince Constantine Dragaš.He was associated as co-emperor with his father before 1416 and became sole emperor in 1425. He was denied the traditional funeral pomps of an Orthodox Emperor. Following this, Manuel II was firmly established as John V's successor, becoming senior emperor upon John's death in 1391. Cantacuzenus was forced to abdicate and retired to a monastery, where he wrote his memoirs, a valuable source for the history of the period from 1320 to c. 1357. Corrections? [35] From the 1480s onwards, Andreas also claimed the title Imperator Constantinopolitanus ('Emperor of Constantinople'). In his will from 1372, John II claimed that Andronikos II's deposition in 1328 by his grandson Andronikos III (John V's father) had been unlawful and thus disqualified Andronikos III and all his heirs from the legitimate line of succession to the throne of Byzantium. Medal of the Emperor John VIII Palaiologos during his visit to Florence, by Pisanello (1438). From 1343 to 1345 he arranged alliances with the Turks and married his daughter to the Ottoman sultan Orhan. To the Byzantine citizens themselves, the Union of the Churches, which to John VIII served as an assurance of a great western crusade against the Ottomans, was a death warrant for their empire. [32] Thomas died on 12 May 1465 and shortly thereafter Zoe, Andreas and Manuel arrived in Rome. [120] The presence of double-headed eagle symbols in the Spirito Santo church has been used as an argument in the past, but this symbol was not unique to the Palaiologoi, being used as a symbol by other families as well (both Byzantine and Western). [55], Lazar Branković's third daughter, Jerina, married Gjon Kastrioti II, the son of Albanian national hero Skanderbeg. [66] In the end, Andronikos II's fourth son (in order to not jeopardize the line of succession),[67] Theodore, was chosen to travel to Montferrat, arriving there in 1306. The contemporary historian George Sphrantzes, who described the life of Thomas Palaiologos in detail, wrote on the birth of Andreas Palaiologos on 17 January 1453 that the boy was "a continuator and heir" of the Palaiologan lineage, a phrase which makes little sense if Andreas was not Thomas's first-born son. 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