Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1261 – 1453

Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty

A state of 1261 – 1453 — 192 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 11 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
192 years
1261 – 1453
Rulers
11
the Emperor
Symbols
6
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty: 1261 – 1453

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Michael VIII Palaiologos · 1261 – 1282 · no death date to read the end againstAndronikos II Palaiologos · 1282 – 1328 · no death date to read the end againstMichael IX Palaiologos · 1295 – 1320 · no death date to read the end againstAndronikos III Palaiologos · 1328 – 1341 · no death date to read the end againstJohn V Palaiologos · 1341 – 1376 · no death date to read the end againstJohn VI Kantakouzenos · 1347 – 1354 · no death date to read the end againstAndronikos IV Palaiologos · 1376 – 1379 · no death date to read the end againstJohn VII Palaiologos · 1390 – 1390 · no death date to read the end againstManuel II Palaiologos · 1391 – 1425 · no death date to read the end againstJohn VIII Palaiologos · 1425 – 1448 · no death date to read the end againstConstantine XI Palaiologos · 1448 – 1453 · no death date to read the end against1300135014001450
ending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Michael VIII Palaiologos1261 – 128221 yearsending not on record
Andronikos II Palaiologos1282 – 132846 yearsending not on recordchild
Michael IX Palaiologos1295 – 132025 yearsending not on recordchild
Andronikos III Palaiologos1328 – 134113 yearsending not on recordchild
John V Palaiologos1341 – 137635 yearsending not on recordchild
John VI Kantakouzenos1347 – 13547 yearsending not on record
Andronikos IV Palaiologos1376 – 13793 yearsending not on recordgrandchild
John VII Palaiologos1390 – 1390under a yearending not on recordchild
Manuel II Palaiologos1391 – 142534 yearsending not on record
John VIII Palaiologos1425 – 144823 yearsending not on recordchild
Constantine XI Palaiologos1448 – 14535 yearsending not on recordsibling

11 rulers, 11 with terms dated as terms, covering 1261 – 1453. Median reign 21 years. 2 of 10 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Palaeologoi eagle XV c
    coat of arms, undatedPalaeologoi eagle XV c · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Лобачев Владимир
  • Byzantine Palaiologos Eagle
    coat of arms, undatedByzantine Palaiologos Eagle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Goran tek-en
  • Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century according to Pietro Vesconte
    flag, undatedByzantine imperial flag, 14th century according to Pietro Vesconte · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dragovit
  • Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century according to Geoffrey of Villehardouin
    flag, undatedByzantine imperial flag, 14th century according to Geoffrey of Villehardouin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dragovit
  • Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century
    flag, undatedByzantine imperial flag, 14th century · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cplakidas This file was derived from: Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century (firesteels v…
  • Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century according to portolan charts
    flag, undatedByzantine imperial flag, 14th century according to portolan charts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dragovit

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood192 years

    stood longer than 61% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median21 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 66% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record11

    has more rulers on record than 83% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Fourth Crusade · In the article · 1202 · “Following the Fourth Crusade, the Byzantine Empire had fractured into the Greek successor-states of Nicaea, Epirus, and Trebizond, with a multitude of Frankis…”Fourth CrusadeByzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty · 1261 – 1453Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty120012501300135014001450
in the article

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q3053276 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.