Theophilos Palaiologos ( el, Θεόφιλος Παλαιολόγος; died 1453) was the cousin of emperor
Constantine XI Palaiologos, or was at the very least of the Palaiologos family. Theophilos commanded Byzantine troops during the
Fall of Constantinople. Known as a grammarist, humanist, and mathematician,
Leonard of Chios says of him that Theophilus was 'of noble linage and deep scholarship'. The Greek historian and near contemporary of the fall of Constantinople
Laonikos Chalkokondyles
Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Latinized as Laonicus Chalcocondyles ( el, Λαόνικος Χαλκοκονδύλης, from λαός "people", νικᾶν "to be victorious", an anagram of Nikolaos which bears the same meaning; c. 1430 – c. 1470; ...
describes in book eight of his ''Histories'' Theophilos 'fighting in a manly way to the end', choosing to die rather than see his country and family in captivity.
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1453 deaths
15th-century Byzantine people
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Byzantines killed in battle
Theophilos
Byzantine people of the Byzantine–Ottoman wars
Fall of Constantinople
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