29 Facts About Andreas Palaiologos

Andreas Palaiologos traveled around Europe several times in search of a ruler who could aid him in retaking Constantinople but rallied little support.

The sale was conditional on Charles, who Andreas Palaiologos hoped to use as a champion against the Ottomans, conquering the Morea and granting it to Andreas Palaiologos.

When Charles died in 1498, Andreas Palaiologos claimed the imperial titles, using them until his death.

Andreas Palaiologos died in poverty in Rome in 1502 and was buried in St Peter's Basilica.

Andreas Palaiologos was 12 years old at the time, and Manuel was 10.

The financial troubles which would persist throughout Andreas Palaiologos's life began shortly after Cardinal Bessarion died in 1472.

In 1488 and 1489, Andreas Palaiologos was paid 100 ducats each month, though the actual payment often fell below that.

Andreas Palaiologos's house was probably located next to the local Church of Sant'Andrea.

At Foggia, Andreas Palaiologos received financial aid from Ferdinand I, the King of Naples.

Kladas would have been a valuable guide if Andreas Palaiologos had successfully landed in Greece.

Andreas Palaiologos did make at least one further attempt at recapturing the Morea, becoming involved in a 1485 plot to seize Monemvasia from the Venetians.

Andreas Palaiologos left Rome to travel to Moscow once more in 1490, accompanied by Moscow's ambassadors to Rome, Greek brothers Demetrius and Manuel Rhalles.

Additionally, Andreas Palaiologos was promised a personal guard of a hundred cavalrymen, maintained at Charles's expense, and was promised lands either in Italy or in some other place, which in addition to his pension would generate an annual income of 5000 ducats.

The transfer of Andreas Palaiologos's titles was to be considered legal unless Charles rejected it before All Saints' Day the following year.

Andreas Palaiologos explicitly kept for himself the title of Despot of the Morea and made Charles promise to grant Andreas Palaiologos the Morea if he were to be victorious against the Ottomans.

In essence, Andreas Palaiologos hoped to use Charles as a dominant champion against the Ottomans, just as he had desired to use Ferdinand of Naples thirteen years earlier.

Nevertheless, Andreas Palaiologos remained an influential figure in Rome until his death.

Andreas Palaiologos was buried with honor in St Peter's Basilica, next to his father Thomas.

Andreas Palaiologos is commonly believed not to have left any descendants.

Constantine Arianiti, genealogically unconnected to Andreas Palaiologos, claimed the title of Despot of the Morea a few months after Andreas Palaiologos's death.

The feud between his father and uncle had nothing to do with Andreas Palaiologos, who was just seven years old at the time he and his family fled into exile.

The financial situation of the Palaiologoi in the 1470s to 1490s must have been considered precarious for Andreas Palaiologos to sell his titular claims and for Manuel to travel Europe in hopes of employment and eventually reach the Ottomans in Constantinople.

Andreas Palaiologos is known from only a single primary source, the books of the Apostolic Camera, which mentions only her first name, meaning that her profession and social standing are unknown.

Andreas Palaiologos did not, as usually stated, waste enormous sums of papal money; the monthly 300 ducat pension provided initially to his father Thomas had shrunken to only 50 ducats by 1492.

Runciman went so far as to claim that Andreas Palaiologos "squandered" the money donated by the pope and used it for "other purposes".

The fact that Andreas Palaiologos actually traveled to Brindisi suggests that he did intend to lead an expedition to restore the empire.

Andreas Palaiologos was buried with honor in the St Peter's Basilica, suggesting that he had at least retained some individual status.

Ultimately, Andreas Palaiologos's life was not a great success, and his dreams of restoring the Byzantine Empire were dashed by continually having to raise funds to support himself and his household.

The fact that the West was ultimately powerless to aid Byzantium was a factor in the empire's downfall and ensured that Andreas Palaiologos never returned to his homeland.