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Constantine XI Palaeologus

[ pey-lee-ol-uh-guhs, pal-ee- ]

noun

  1. Dragases, 1404–53, last Byzantine emperor 1449–53.


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Example Sentences

When Mohammed II in 1453 wrested Constantinople from the last of the Caesars, Constantine XI Palaeologus, he barely missed capturing the papal ambassador, Cardinal Isidore of Russia, as an extra prize.

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