Demetrius Palaeologus or Demetrios Palaiologos (Gr. Δημήτριος Παλαιολόγος)( 1407 - 1470), Despot of Morea de jure 1428-1460, de facto 1436-1438 and 1451-1460, governor of Lemnos 1423-1440, governor of Mesembria 1440-1451. Events November 20 - A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. ... Events May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. ... The Despotate of Morea was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. ... Look up De jure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary De jure (in Classical Latin de iure) is an expression that means based on law, as contrasted with de facto, which means in fact. The terms de jure and de facto are used like in principle and in practice when one... // Events October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without... Events April - Paris is recaptured by the French End of the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. ... Events Pachacuti who would later create Tahuantinsuyu, or Inca Empire became the ruler of Cuzco In Italy, the siege of Brescia by the condottieri troops of Niccolò Piccinino was raised after the arrival of Scaramuccia da Forlì. January 1 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Hungary March 18 - Albert... // Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture... Lemnos (mod. ... Events July 31 - Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant - The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. ... For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... Nesebar (Несебър), previously known as Mesembria (Greek: Μεσημβρια) and before that as Menebria, is an ancient city on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, located in Nesebar municipality, Burgas Oblast. ...

He was a younger son of Eastern Roman Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus and his wife Helena Dragas. His brothers included emperors John VIII Palaeologus and Constantine XI Palaeologus, as well as Theodore II Palaeologus (despot of Morea), Thomas Palaeologus (also despot of Morea), and Andronicus Palaeologus, despot of Thessalonica. This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... The Byzantine Empire around year 1400. ... John VIII (1390 - Constantinople October 31, 1448), surnamed Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor, the oldest son of Manuel II, became sole emperor in 1425. ... Constantine XI Paleologus (sometimes numbered Constantine XII or Constantine XIII), also known as Constantine Drageses, (February 8, 1404 - May 29, 1453) was the last reigning emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1449 to his death. ... Theodore II Palaeologus (c. ... Thomas Palaeologus or Thomas Palaiologos (1409-1465) was Despot of Morea from 1449 until Ottoman conquest in 1460. ... Andronicus Palaeologus ( 1403 - 1429 ) despot of Thessalonica 1408-1423 is son of Byzantine emperor Manuel II . ... The White Tower The Arch of Galerius Map showing the Thessaloníki prefecture Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ...

As Demetrius was one of the youngest sons, initially he was not expected to rule. He however had other ideas for himself and much ambition.

Demetrius attempted to take power first time with military help from Hungary.

He received possession of island of Lemnos in 1422 from his father the emperor, but refused to go live there. In total contrast with the gift, he escaped to the court of Sigismund of Hungary the following year, requesting protection against his brothers. More than a year passed until he moved to Lemnos in 1425 where he then lived in peace for the next ten years until coming to Morea. Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368 - December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437. ... Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births John II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1470) Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (died 1483) Deaths January 18 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391) March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (born 1407) May 24 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of... The Morea and surrounding states carved from the Byzantine Empire, as they were in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911) The name Morea (Μωρέας) for Peloponnesos first appears in the 10th century in Byzantine chronicles. ...

He was part of the entourage of his brother the John VIII Palaeologus, arriving to Florence for the Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence in 1437. The council was discussing church union between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. In 1439, Demetrius left for home before the end of the council and left the emperor behind. John VIII (1390 - Constantinople October 31, 1448), surnamed Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor, the oldest son of Manuel II, became sole emperor in 1425. ... Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... The Council of Basel was a council of bishops and other ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church that was held at Basel, Switzerland. ... Events foundation of All Souls College, University of Oxford. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... The Vladimir Icon, one of the most venerated of Orthodox Christian icons of the Virgin Mary. ... Events Battle of Grotnik, which ended the hussite movement in Poland Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. ...

He was forced to surrender Lemnos as penalty for returning home without emperor's consent in 1440. Demetrius was offended by the punishment. He received small poor Byzantine towns in the coast of the Black Sea, but that did not satisfy him. In 1442, Demetrius made an alliance with Turkic peoples who served as his mercenaries. They started to besiege Constantinople demanding that Demetrius be given control of all the little towns around the capital in Byzantine control. In the end, the status quo survived. For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... Events The community of Rauma, Finland was granted its town rights. ... Turkic peoples are Northern and Central Eurasian peoples who speak languages belonging to the Turkic family, and who, in varying degrees, share certain cultural and historical traits. ... A mercenary is a soldier who fights, or engages in warfare primarily for private gain, usually with little regard for ideological, national or political considerations. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

On October 31, 1448, John VIII died. Using his position and location near Constantinople, Demetrius tried to stage a coup d'état and secure the throne for himself. His attempt failed, mostly due to the intervention of their mother Helena Dragas. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... Events January 5/ 6 - Christopher of Bavaria, Norway and Sweden dies with no designated heir leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. ... A coup détat (pronounced ), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government against the volonté générale formed by the majority of the citizenry, usually done by a smaller supposedly weaker body that just replaces the top power figures. ...

In 1451, new emperor Constantine XI gave him half of Morea in order to get him away from the vicinity of Constantinople. Their brother Thomas had lived there already ten years. // Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture... Emperor Constantine XI, the last emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, who reigned from 1449 AD to 1453 AD. A modern, romantic depiction of Constantine on the city walls before the fall of Constantinople. ...

After the fall of Constantinople to the forces of Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on May 29, 1453, Morea was the only remainder of the Byzantine Empire under the Palaeologus. A civil war erupted between Demetrius, the elder brother, and Thomas Palaeologus, the co-ruler of Morea who had ruled longer there. In the end, Thomas, the younger brother, emerged as victor. Demetrius escaped to Turkish soil, requesting restoration to power from Mehmed II. Combatants Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire Commanders Constantine XI† Mehmed II Strength 7,000 100,000 Casualties Entire garrison killed or captured Unknown, but heavy The Fall of Constantinople was the conquest of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Mehmed II, on Tuesday, May 29... Mehmed II Mehmed II, Mehmet II, or Muhammed II, (also known as el-Fatih, the Conqueror, in Ottoman Turkish, or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmed) (March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481) was first the sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to 1446, and later... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Sogut (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), İstanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanlı Dynasty... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... Events May 29 - Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). ... Byzantine Empire (Greek: ) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... The Palaeologus (Gr. ... A civil war is a war in which parties within the same country or empire struggle for national control of state power. ... Thomas Palaeologus or Thomas Palaiologos (1409-1465) was Despot of Morea from 1449 until Ottoman conquest in 1460. ...

Turkish invasion then defeated Thomas without any problems in 1460. Thomas with his family escaped to the Italian peninsula but Mehmed refused to return Morea to Demetrius because "he is not man enough to rule any country". He was allowed to spend his life at the palace of Edirne and was granted the taxes collected from the islands of Gökçeada & Bozcaada, Lemnos, Samothrace and Thasos. Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... The Italian peninsula or the Apennine peninsula is one of the greatest peninsulas of Europe, spanning 1000 km from the Alps in the north, to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south. ... Selimiye Mosque, built by Sinan in 1575 Edirne is a city in Thrace, the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. ... Part of the Venetian fortress on Bozcaada island Imbros (Turkish Gökçeada or Imroz, Greek Imvros) and Tenedos (Turkish Bozcaada; Greek Tenedhos) are two islands in the Aegean Sea which are part of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. ... Lemnos (mod. ... Samothrace Samothrace (in Greek: Σαμοθρακη, Samothraki) is an island in Greece, in the northern Aegean Sea. ... Thasos (Greek: ) or Thassos is the name of an island in the north of the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Thrace and the plain of the river Nestos (during the Ottoman times Kara-Su). ...

He lived in his golden cage until falling out of favor with Mehmed II in 1467. He was exiled to Didymoteicho until 1469. He was recalled to court but fell sick during the following year. He briefly became a monk before dying. Events October 29 - Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan. ... A church in Didymoteicho Didymoteicho (or Didimoteixo), (Greek, Modern: Διδυμότειχο, Ancient/Katharevousa: Διδυμότειχον, meaning twin walls from didymo twin and teicho wall) is a town located in the eastern part of the prefecture of Evros. ... Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ...

He was married to Zoë Asan. Their only known child was daughter Helena Palaeologus (c. 1443 - 1471). She was asked by Mehmed II as a wife in 1458. Negotiations failed but Mehmed successfully captured and married her in 1460. She remained a favored wife until her death but had no known descendants. Events Albanians, under Skanderbeg, defeat the Turks John Hunyadi defeats Turks at the Battle of Nis Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II. Births January 27 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (died 1500) February 23 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (died 1490) May 17 - Edmund... This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. ... Events January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia Pope Pius II becomes pope Turks sack the Acropolis Births February 15 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. ...

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