Thomas Palaiologos
Thomas Palaiologos ( Latin Thomas Paleologus, German Thomas Paläologos ; * 1409/10 in Constantinople , † May 12, 1465 in Rome ) was despot of Morea from 1428 to 1460 and prince of Achaia from 1432 .
Life
Thomas was the youngest son of the emperor Manuel II of Byzantium from the family of palaeologists and Helena Dragaš , the daughter of the Serbian prince Konstantin Dragaš .
In 1417/1418 he went to Mystras and ruled there from 1428 as a despot together with his brothers Theodor II , Constantine XI. (1449–1453 last Byzantine emperor) and Demetrios (from 1449).
In 1430 he was sent to Morea to help his brothers. There he married Katharina Zaccaria (* 1411, † 1462 in Corfu ), the daughter and heiress of Centurione Zaccharia, the last Franconian prince of Achaia and Creusa Tocco, and received a treasure from her family's former lands .
After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, in contrast to his brother and fellow Ottoman friend Demetrios , he tended to support Western support and therefore fled to Rome after the Ottoman conquest of Morea in 1460. He converted to the Roman Catholic faith in Roman exile .
progeny
From the union with Caterina Zaccaria († 1462), daughter of the prince of Acaia , Centurione II. Zaccaria from the Genoese patrician dynasty of Zaccaria , the following children emerged:
- Helena Palaiologina (approx. 1430–1474), married Lazar Branković , Serbian despot in Smederevo in 1446 ; the daughter Jerina Branković married Gjon Kastrioti II , son of Georg Kastriota, called Skanderbeg and Donika Kastrioti .
- Zoë Sophia Palaiologina († 1503), married Ivan III in 1472 . , the Grand Duke of Moscow
- Andreas Palaiologos (* 1453 on the Morea ; † 1502), was from 1465 until his death in 1502 titular emperor of Byzantium and titular despot of Morea;
- Manuel Palaiologos (1455–1516), married Malkhatoun Zulkadr of Cappadocia
Web links
- Thomas Paleologos. Gw.geneanet.org, accessed February 19, 2018 .
- Thomas Paleologos. genealogieonline.nl, accessed on February 19, 2018 (French).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steven Runciman: The Conquest of Constantinople 1453 . CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-02528-0 , pp. 53 ( online preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Luka Petanović: Elena: l'ultima imperatrice bizantina . Editoriale Jaca Book SpA, Milan 2006, ISBN 88-16-43518-6 , pp. 137 (Italian, online preview in Google Book Search).
- ^ Castriota of Albania. Retrieved February 20, 2018 .
- ^ Libro d'Oro di Melita. Retrieved February 20, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palaiologos, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Byzantium |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1409 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Constantinople |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1465 |
| Place of death | Rome |