The Palaiologos dynasty (pl. Palaiologoi; Greek: Παλαιολόγος, -οι), also romanized as Palaeologus or Palaeologue, was the name of a Byzantine family, which rose to nobility and ultimately produced the last ruling dynasty of the Roman Empire. The House of Palaiologos would also survive through its legitimzed cadet branch, the Anemids of Nicaea, who would eventually rise against their Ottoman masters and afterwards would found both the Kingdom of Nicaea, and the Imperial State of Constantinople.