Ruler · 1224 – 1282

Michael VIII Palaiologos

Lived 1224 – 1282; politician. Byzantine emperor of Byzantine Empire, 1261 – 1282; also in the line of Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty.

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Lived: 1224 – 1282; 58 years
In office: 21 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Byzantine emperor

Byzantine Empire · the 98th of 113 dated reigns · 337 – 1453

94 before

Constantine Laskaris1204 – 1205

Nicholas Laskaris1208 – 1210

John IV Doukas Laskaris1259 – 1262

Michael VIII Palaiologos1261 – 1282

Anna of Hungary1273 – 1281

Andronikos II Palaiologos1282 – 1328

Andronikos III Palaiologos1328 – 1341

12 after

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 1261 – 1282 · 21 years · came to it aged 37

Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty (1st of 11).

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