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Michael VIII Palaiologos

1224 - 1282

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Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Μιχαὴλ Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Mikhaēl Doukas Angelos Komnēnos Palaiologos; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1261 until his death in 1282, and previously as the co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea from 1259 to 1261. Michael VIII was the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty that would rule the Byzantine Empire until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. He recovered Constantinople from the Latin Empire in 1261 and transformed the Empire of Nicaea into a restored Byzantine Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael VIII Palaiologos has received more than 862,548 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Michael VIII Palaiologos is the 775th most popular politician (down from 676th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 101st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Politician.

Michael VIII Palaiologos was the Byzantine Emperor from 1259 to 1282. He is most famous for recapturing Constantinople from the Latin Empire.

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Among politicians, Michael VIII Palaiologos ranks 775 out of 19,576. Before him are Phocas, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Haile Selassie, and John of Bohemia. After him are Alexander Lukashenko, John I of France, Edmund Burke, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Gyula Andrássy, and Islam Karimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1224, Michael VIII Palaiologos ranks 1. After him are Kinga of Poland, Jean de Joinville, Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant, William II, Count of Flanders, and Marie of Brienne. Among people deceased in 1282, Michael VIII Palaiologos ranks 1. After him are Abaqa Khan, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Nichiren, Agnes of Bohemia, Mengu-Timur, Ibn Khallikan, Traidenis, George Akropolites, Margaret Sambiria, and Mechthild of Magdeburg.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Michael VIII Palaiologos ranks 7 out of 169. Before him are Alp Arslan (1029), Croesus (-596), Priam (null), Mahidevran (1500), Valerian (200), and Stefan Dušan (1308). After him are Julius Nepos (430), Ulfilas (311), Posidonius (-135), Hecuba (null), Balbinus (178), and Kayqubad I (1188).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Michael VIII Palaiologos ranks 7. Before him are Alp Arslan (1029), Croesus (-596), Priam (null), Mahidevran (1500), Valerian (200), and Stefan Dušan (1308). After him are Julius Nepos (430), Balbinus (178), Kayqubad I (1188), Samuel of Bulgaria (958), Briseis (null), and Alexios III Angelos (1153).

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