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Demetrios Palaiologos

1407–1470 · 15th century

Demetrios Palaiologos was a younger brother of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI, and despot of the Morea from 1449 to 1460. After the fall of Constantinople he quarrelled and fought with his brother Thomas, who shared the despotate, and both faced Albanian revolts. When Mehmed II invaded in 1460 Demetrios surrendered to him; he died as a monk in Adrianople.

Demetrios Palaiologos
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Despotate of the Morea

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