# Manuel II Palaiologos

> He ruled an empire that existed mostly on a map - Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425, Manuel II spent his reign as a vassal to the Ottomans, traveling Europe's courts to beg for help that never came.

*Byzantine emperor (1350-1425)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/manuel-ii-palaiologos

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1350-06-27
- **Died:** 1425-07-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born 27 June 1350, Manuel II Palaiologos inherited a throne hemmed in by Ottoman power, his territory under constant threat of absorption. He followed his father's playbook: solicit the West, plead the cause, hope someone would care enough to send armies. The foreign visits yielded sympathy, not soldiers. What bought him time was luck - an Ottoman civil war, a few wins against Latin rivals - enough for his government to hold on and even nudge its borders outward. His wife Helena Dragaš ensured the succession: their sons John VIII and Constantine XI both took the throne after him. Shortly before his death on 21 July 1425, Manuel was tonsured a monk and took the name Matthaios.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.1 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 22.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Literature, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Manuel II Paleólogo](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Pale%C3%B3logo)
- [Manuel II Palaiologos](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Palaiologos)
- [Manuele II Paleologo](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuele_II_Paleologo)
- [曼努埃尔二世 (拜占庭)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9B%BC%E5%8A%AA%E5%9F%83%E5%B0%94%E4%BA%8C%E4%B8%96_(%E6%8B%9C%E5%8D%A0%E5%BA%AD))
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- [Мануил II Палеолог](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%BB_II_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3)
- [Manuel II Paleolog](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Paleolog)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37097)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Palaiologos)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Manuel%20II%20Palaiologos)
- [Мануил II Палеолог](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%BB_II_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3)
- [Manuel II Paleòleg](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Pale%C3%B2leg)
- [Manuel II. Palaiologos](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II._Palaiologos)
- [Manuel II Palaiologos](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Palaiologos)
- [Manuel II. (Byzanz)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II._(Byzanz))
- [Manuel II](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II)
- [Μανουήλ Β´ Παλαιολόγος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AE%CE%BB_%CE%92%C2%B4_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Manuelo la 2-a Palajologo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuelo_la_2-a_Palajologo)
- [Manuel II Paleólogo](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Pale%C3%B3logo)
- [Emanuel II.a Paleologo](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_II.a_Paleologo)
- [مانوئل دوم، امپراتور بیزانس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3)
- [Manuel II Palaiologos](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Palaiologos)
- [Manuel II Paléologue](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Pal%C3%A9ologue)
- [Manuel II Paleólogo](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_Pale%C3%B3logo)
- [מנואל השני, קיסר האימפריה הביזנטית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%2C_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%AA)
- [Manuel II. Paleolog](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II._Paleolog)
- [II. Manuél bizánci császár](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._Manu%C3%A9l_biz%C3%A1nci_cs%C3%A1sz%C3%A1r)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Manuel_II._Palaiologos)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Manuel_II.)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Manuele_II_Paleologo)

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