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| - This article is about the historical last ruler of the Byzantine Empire. For the similarly named American soldier and minor character in Southern Victory, see Constantine Palaiologos. Constantine XI Dragasēs Palaiologos (8 February 1405 – 29 May 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor (and, as such, the last Roman Emperor). He ruled from 1449 to his death in battle during the fall of Constantinople. As his body was never definitively identified or recovered, he became a legendary figure in Greek folklore as the "Marble Emperor" who would awaken and recover the Empire and Constantinople from the Turks.
- Constantine XI Palaiologos, Latinized as Palaeologus (, Kōnstantinos XI Dragasēs Palaiologos; 8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor and the last Roman emperor, reigning as a member of the Palaiologos dynasty from 1449 to his death in battle at the fall of Constantinople. Following his death, he became a legendary figure in Greek folklore as the "Marble Emperor" who would awaken and recover the Empire and Constantinople from the Turks. His death marked the end of the Roman Empire, which had continued in the East for 977 years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
- Constantine XI Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος ΙΑ' Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantinos XI Dragasēs Palaiologos, Serbian: Konstantin XI Dragaš Paleolog February 8, 1404 – May 29, 1453) was the last reigning Roman Emperor. A member of the Palaiologos dynasty, he ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1449 to his death.
- Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
- Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos was born 8 February 1405 and died 29 May 1453, reigning as the last Byzantine Emperor. and was a member of the Palaiologos dynasty from 1449 until he died in battle during the Fall of Constantinople. He eventually turned out to be a legend to the Greek people and was included in Greek folklore with the name Marble Emperor who would have said to awake and restore the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople from the Ottoman Empire. The Roman Empire was marked as the end when it continued for 977 more years after the Western Roman Empire fell.
- He was also the uncle of Andreas and Manuel Palaiologos, both of whom would go on to make separate attempts at a resurgence of the Byzantine Empire, ultimately with no success.
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