Manuel II Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor (1350-1425) · Politicians · Died at 75
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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.
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