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Constantine XI

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time 1405–1453 Also known as Constantine XI Palaiologos、Constantine XI Palaeologus、君士坦丁十一世·巴列奥略、末代罗马皇帝

Constantine XI (1405–1453), the last Byzantine emperor and final ruler of the Palaiologos dynasty.…

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  1. 1405–1448Mistras · MoreaSon of Manuel II, he governed the Morea region of the Peloponnese from the 1430s; between 1431 and 1440 he consolidated local defenses and coordinated resistance to Ottoman expansion, accumulating military and political experience for his later accession.
  2. 1449–1453Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireAfter acceding in 1449 the treasury was empty and military strength insufficient, yet he reinforced the walls and joined with Genoese and Venetian reinforcements; facing Mehmed II's siege in 1453 he refused to negotiate, and when the walls fell he went to the walls in person and died fighting.

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