Ruler · 1392 – 1448

John VIII Palaiologos

Lived 1392 – 1448; monarch. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 1425 – 1448; also in the line of Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty.

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Lived: 1392 – 1448; 56 years
In office: 23 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 112th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

108 before

Irene Gattilusio1399 – 1408

Andronikos V Palaiologos1403 – 1407

Anna of Moscow1416 – 1417

John VIII Palaiologos1425 – 1448

Constantine XI Palaiologos1449 – 1453

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1425 – 1448 · 23 years · came to it aged 33

Came to it: the spouse of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty (10th of 11).

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