John Paleologus probably sided with the Royalists, or Cavaliers, in the English Civil War, as Ferdinand did, and is known to have accompanied Ferdinand to Barbados, where both of them are attested in 1644.
11 Facts About John Paleologus
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John Paleologus is popularly believed to have died at the Battle of Naseby in 1645, fighting for the Royalists, but there is no evidence that he returned to England.
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None of John Paleologus's contemporaries doubted the imperial descent of his family.
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John Paleologus had two older brothers; Theodore and Theodore Junior, a younger brother, Ferdinand, and two older sisters; Dorothy and Mary.
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From 1619 to 1628, John Paleologus's parents lived in Plymouth with his sisters and his younger brother Ferdinand, but John Paleologus was not with them, likely still in service at that point.
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John Paleologus is the most enigmatic of the three sons of Theodore.
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John Paleologus is popularly believed to have fought on the Royalist side of the English Civil War, like his brother Ferdinand.
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The Lansdowne claim can be entirely disregarded as false on account of John Paleologus being attested in Barbados in 1644.
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John Hall, author of a 2015 biography on Theodore Paleologus, considers it unlikely that John returned home only to fight and die at the Battle of Naseby, but notes that the absence of further records of John in Barbados indicates that he did not stay on the island for long.
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Hall considers it possible that John Paleologus did not get along well with the locals or failed to garner enough funds to establish himself on the island in the same vein as his brother Ferdinand would go on to do.
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Hall thus speculates that it is possible that John Paleologus eventually became a pirate in the West Indies.