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Constantine XI Palaiologos

1404 - 1453

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Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453) was the last Roman (Byzantine) emperor, reigning from 1449 until his death in battle at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Constantine's death marked the definitive end of the Eastern Roman Empire, which traced its origin to Constantine the Great's foundation of Constantinople as the Roman Empire's new capital in 330. Constantine was the fourth son of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš, the daughter of Serbian ruler Konstantin Dejanović. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Constantine XI Palaiologos has received more than 3,252,905 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Constantine XI Palaiologos is the 340th most popular politician (down from 302nd in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 48th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Turkish Politician.

Constantine XI Palaiologos is most famous for being the last Byzantine Emperor. He was the son of Emperor John VIII Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš, and he ruled from 1448 to 1453.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Constantine XI Palaiologos ranks 340 out of 15,577Before him are Yitzhak Rabin, Alexander Dubček, Elagabalus, Philip III of Spain, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, and Nerva. After him are Joachim Murat, Abbas the Great, François Mitterrand, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Charles V of France, and Khafra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1404, Constantine XI Palaiologos ranks 3Before him are Murad II and Leon Battista Alberti. After him are Marie of Anjou, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Orban, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots. Among people deceased in 1453, Constantine XI Palaiologos ranks 1After him are Giovanni Giustiniani, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, John Dunstaple, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, Orban, Sophia of Lithuania, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, and Dmitry Shemyaka.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Constantine XI Palaiologos ranks 58 out of 1,301Before him are Xenophanes (-570), Croesus (-596), Ertuğrul (1198), Julian (331), Abdul Hamid I (1725), and Şehzade Mehmed (1522). After him are Mustafa II (1664), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Priam (null), Saint Blaise (300), Abdulmejid I (1823), and Selim III (1761).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Constantine XI Palaiologos ranks 36Before him are Mehmed V (1844), Hatice Sultan (1496), Croesus (-596), Ertuğrul (1198), Julian (331), and Abdul Hamid I (1725). After him are Mustafa II (1664), Priam (null), Abdulmejid I (1823), Selim III (1761), Mahmud I (1696), and Mithridates VI of Pontus (-132).