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4 days ago · Thomas Palaiologos, younger brother of Constantine XI and Despot of the Morea 1428–1460. In the aftermath of Constantinople's fall, one of the most pressing threats to the new Ottoman regime was the possibility that one of Constantine XI's relatives would secure support and return to reclaim the empire.
5 days ago · Watch on. In the spring of 1453, Constantinople, the last stronghold of the Byzantine Empire, faces an inevitable siege by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire, who commands an 80,000-strong army. Over 50 days of brutal combat, Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI used the city's formidable defences and sought aid from allies. Despite their ...
2 days ago · Constantine’s son Leo IV died prematurely in 780, leaving to succeed him his 10-year-old son, Constantine VI, under the regency of the empress Irene. Not much can be said for Constantine, and Irene’s policies as regent and (after the deposition and blinding of her son at her orders) as sole ruler from 797 to 802 were all but disastrous. Her ...
4 days ago · Greece - Ottoman, Balkan, Empire: Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453. The Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaeologus, was last seen fighting alongside his troops on the battlements. His death gave rise to the widely disseminated legend that the emperor had turned to marble but would one day return to liberate his people. By 1453 the Byzantine Empire had become but a ...
3 days ago · After fierce hand-to-hand combat, the Janissaries, elite Ottoman troops, managed to break through the defenses at the Gate of St. Romanus. The fall of this crucial point allowed the Ottomans to pour into the city, overwhelming the defenders. Emperor Constantine XI is said to have died in the fighting, his fate becoming a symbol of the end of an ...
3 days ago · Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos died without producing an heir, and had Constantinople not fallen to the Ottomans, he likely would have been succeeded by the sons of his deceased elder brother. Those children were taken into the palace service of Mehmed after the fall of Constantinople.
2 days ago · The Eastern Roman Empire, called the Byzantine Empire by later historians, continued until the reign of Constantine XI Palaiologos. The last Roman emperor died in battle in 1453 against Mehmed II and his Ottoman forces during the siege of Constantinople.
