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Andronikos II Palaiologos

1259 - 1332

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Andronikos II Palaiologos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiologos; 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328. His reign marked the beginning of the recently-restored empire's final decline. The Turks conquered most of Byzantium's remaining Anatolian territories, and Andronikos spent the last years of his reign fighting his own grandson in the First Palaiologan Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andronikos II Palaiologos has received more than 438,674 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Andronikos II Palaiologos is the 905th most popular politician (down from 858th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 128th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Turkish Politician.

Andronikos II Palaiologos is most famous for being the emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1282 to 1328.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andronikos II Palaiologos ranks 905 out of 15,577. Before him are Władysław III of Poland, Artaxerxes II of Persia, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Gojong of Korea, Julius Streicher, and Helmut Schmidt. After him are Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Hafizullah Amin, Cambyses I, John Quincy Adams, Elisabeth of France, and Muhammad XII of Granada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1259, Andronikos II Palaiologos ranks 1. After him are Francesca da Rimini, Ubertino of Casale, Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria, Rudrama Devi, Demetrius II of Georgia, and Cerverí de Girona. Among people deceased in 1332, Andronikos II Palaiologos ranks 1. After him are Christopher II of Denmark, Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Philip I, Prince of Taranto, Theodore Metochites, Rinchinbal Khan, and Andronikos III of Trebizond.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Andronikos II Palaiologos ranks 124 out of 1,301. Before him are Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Fethullah Gülen (1941), Marcion of Sinope (85), Michael III (840), and Şah Sultan (1509). After him are Antinous (111), Basil II (958), Henri Fayol (1841), Sabbatai Zevi (1626), Balbinus (178), and Ephrem the Syrian (306).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Andronikos II Palaiologos ranks 70. Before him are Constantine IX Monomachos (1000), Stefan Dušan (1308), Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Michael III (840), and Şah Sultan (1509). After him are Basil II (958), Balbinus (178), Mausolus (-410), Kayqubad I (1188), Samuel of Bulgaria (958), and Zoë Porphyrogenita (978).

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