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Thomas Palaiologos
Thomas Palaiologos or Palaeologus (; 1409 – 12 May 1465) was Despot in Morea from 1428 until the Ottoman conquest in 1460. After the desertion of his older brother to the Turks in 1460, Thomas Palaiologos pretended to be the legitimate claimant to the Byzantine throne, a claim he maintained during his exile in Italy.
Life.
Thomas Palaiologos was the youngest surviving son of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and his wife Helena Dragaš. His maternal grandfather was Serbian magnate Constantine Dragaš. His brothers included the
Andreas Palaiologos
Andreas Palaiologos or Palaeologus (; Serbian Cyrillic: Андреја Палеолог; 1453–1502) sometime anglicised to Andrew, became the claimant Byzantine emperor and Despot of Morea upon his father Thomas Palaiologos' death in 1465. He sold his rights to the Byzantine crown in 1494 and died poor in Rome in 1502.
Biography.
Andreas was born on January 17th, 1453, the son of Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of Morea, and Catherine Zaccaria, the daughter of Centurione II Zaccaria, the last Prince of Achaea. After his