Demetrios Palaiologos or Demetrius Palaeologus (Greek: Δημήτριος Παλαιολόγος Dēmētrios Palaiologos; 1407–1470) Despot in the Morea de facto 1436–1438 and 1451–1460 and de jure 1438–1451 previously governor of Lemnos 1422–1440 and of Mesembria 1440–1451. He would have been the legitimate claimant to the Byzantine throne after 1453 until his desertion to the Ottomans in 1460.
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1460-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
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1436-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
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Helena Palaiologina (daughter of Demetrios Palaiologos)
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