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Michael VIII Palaiologos

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Miniature of Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223-1282) was a Nicaean Emperor and a Byzantine emperor from 1259 until his death. In 1261, he reconquered the Byzantine capitale Constantinople from the Crusaders and was the founder of the Palaiologos dynasty.

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