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Palaiologos dynasty

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Konstantinos XI Palaiologos

last Byzantine emperor, from 1449 to 1453

Manuel II Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor (1350-1425)

Michael VIII Palaiologos

founder of the Palaiologan dynasty (1224–1282)

John VI Kantakouzenos

Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)

Andronikos II Palaiologos

Byzantine Emperor from 1282 to 1328

John V Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor

Andronikos III Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor (r. 1328–1341)

John VIII Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor

John VII Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor

The House of Palaiologos ( Palaiologoi; , ; female version Palaiologina; ), also found in English-language literature as Palaeologus or Palaeologue, was a Byzantine Greek noble family that rose to power and produced the last and longest-ruling dynasty in the history of the Roman Empire. Their rule as Byzantine emperors lasted almost two hundred years, from 1259 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

Andronikos IV Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor

Michael IX Palaiologos

Byzantine co-emperor

Sophia Palaiologina

royal consort (1455-1503)

Matthew Kantakouzenos

emperor and autocrat of the Romans

Andronikos V Palaiologos

Co-emperor/Byzantine Empire

Byzantine empress

Byzantine Civil War of 1341–1347

civil war in the Byzantine Empire

Princess of Savoy, Byzantine Empress consort, as the second wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos (1306-1365) and Othodox blessed

Thomas Palaiologos

Despot of the Morea from 1428 to 1460

Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond

Empress consort then empress regnant of Trebizond (1315-1341)

Rita of Armenia

Byzantine empress as Maria

Theodoros II Palaiologos

despot of the Morea

Andreas Palaiologos

Prince of the Palaiologos dynasty

Maria Palaiologina

Byzantine wife of 13th century Mongol ruler, Abaqa Khan

politician (1326-1371)

Ottoman admiral and statesman

Irene of Montferrat

Byzantine empress

Keratsa of Bulgaria

byzantine nun and empress

Maria of Trebizond

Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Civil War of 1321–1328

series of conflicts fought in the 1320s

Helena Kantakouzene

Empress consort of John V Palaiologos

Anna of Hungary

daughter of the King of Hungary and Croatia

Demetrios Palaiologos

Despot of Morea

Theodoros I Palaiologos

despot of the Morea

Simonida Nemanjić (; – after 1336), born Simonis Palaiologina (, sr. Симонида Палеолог, Simonida Paleolog), was a Byzantine princess and queen consort of the Kingdom of Serbia as the fourth wife of Serbian king Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321). She was a daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328) and Irene of Montferrat. In Medieval Serbia Simonida is best remembered as a patron of the Arts, Music and Literature.

empress consort of John VI Kantakouzenos/Byzantine Empire

Andronikos Palaiologos, Lord of Thessalonica

Byzantine governor

Demetrios I Kantakouzenos

Despot of Morea

Irene Gattilusio

Byzantine empress

Irene Palaiologina

Byzantine empress

Theodora Palaiologina

Byzantine Empress consort

Irene of Brunswick

Byzantine empress

Byzantine empresses

wife of the last Byzantine (Greek) emperor

Helena Palaiologina of the Morea

Despotitsa of Serbia

Alexios Palaiologos

Byzantine nobleman and heir apparent to Emperor Alexios III Angelos

Helena Palaiologina

queen consort of Cyprus and Armenia

Philothei of Athens

Andronikos Palaiologos

Megas domestikos of the Empire of Nicaea

Byzantine civil war of 1373–1379

Military conflict

Sophia of Montferrat

Byzantine empress

Eudokia Palaiologina

Empress of Trebizond

John Palaiologos

Byzantine general

Nikephoros Palaiologos

Byzantine general

Helena Kantakouzene, Empress of Trebizond

second wife of Emperor David of Trebizond

George Palaiologos

Late 11th/early 12th century Byzantine general

Konstantinos Palaiologos

Byzantine monk and noble

Syrgiannes Palaiologos

Byzantine general and governor

Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene

Empress of Bulgaria

Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty

Byzantine Empire from 1261 to its end in 1453