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Demetrios Palaiologos

1407 - 1470

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Demetrios Palaiologos or Demetrius Palaeologus (Greek: Δημήτριος Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Dēmētrios Palaiologos; 1407–1470) was Despot of the Morea together with his brother Thomas from 1449 until the fall of the despotate in 1460. Demetrios and Thomas were sons of Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, and brothers of the final two emperors John VIII and Constantine XI. Demetrios had a complicated relationship with his brothers, whom he frequently quarrelled with, usually over the matter of Demetrios's wish to establish himself as the most senior of them and claim the imperial throne for himself. In 1437, Demetrios accompanied his elder brother John VIII to the Council of Florence, the main objective of which was to unify the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches so that Western Europe might be more inclined to lend military aid to the desperate Byzantine Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Demetrios Palaiologos has received more than 240,334 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Demetrios Palaiologos is the 7,820th most popular politician (down from 7,501st in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 657th in 2019) and the 238th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Demetrios Palaiologos ranks 7,820 out of 19,576. Before him are Mstislav Mstislavich, Antalcidas, Ngô Đình Nhu, Mátyás Szűrös, Salih Muslim, and Choe Thae-bok. After him are Godan Khan, Eulji Mundeok, Otto Wächter, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Mustafa Tlass, and Emperor Cheng of Jin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1407, Demetrios Palaiologos ranks 5. Before him are John Hunyadi, Lorenzo Valla, Esen Taishi, and Leonello d'Este. After him are Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Bartolomeo Bon, Ashikaga Yoshikazu, and Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden. Among people deceased in 1470, Demetrios Palaiologos ranks 6. Before him are Charles VIII of Sweden, Jacopo Bellini, Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, Barthélemy d'Eyck, and John II, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Ibn Taghribirdi, Gaston, Prince of Viana, and Rum Mehmed Pasha.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Demetrios Palaiologos ranks 563 out of 1,347. Before him are Darío Moreno (1921), Artaphernes (-600), Danishmend Gazi (1100), Annia Faustina (201), Menander Protector (550), and Caesarius of Nazianzus (330). After him are Rüştü Reçber (1973), Damat Ferid Pasha (1853), Nihal Atsız (1905), Kâzım Karabekir (1882), Constantine Manasses (1130), and Michael Choniates (1140).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Demetrios Palaiologos ranks 238. Before him are Prusias II of Bithynia (-300), Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir (1878), Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin (1857), Devlet Bahçeli (1948), Danishmend Gazi (1100), and Annia Faustina (201). After him are Damat Ferid Pasha (1853), Kâzım Karabekir (1882), Anna of Trebizond (1350), Fatma Sultan (1548), Theophano Martinakia (865), and Ariadne (null).

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