Jean VIII Paleologist
Jean VIII Paleologist , born the December 16th 1392 with Constantinople, dead the October 31st 1448, Byzantine emperor of 1425 with 1448, wire of Manual II Paleologist, Byzantine emperor, and of Helene Dragas. It Maria three times, without having of child:
- # in 1409 with Anne of Moscow (1393 † 1417), girl of Basile Ier, large prince de Moscou
- # in 1421 with Sophie de Montferrat (1396 † 1437), girl of Theodore II Paleologist, marquis de Montferrat. They separate in 1426
- # in 1427 with Marie Comnène († 1439), girl of Alexis IV of Trébizonde
- # in 1421 with Sophie de Montferrat (1396 † 1437), girl of Theodore II Paleologist, marquis de Montferrat. They separate in 1426
When Jean VIII goes up on the throne, the Byzantine Empire is tiny room to the town of Constantinople and the Morée. March 26th, 1430, the Turks seize Thessalonique, which was then the second city of the Empire.
Jean VIII then seeks help near the Westerners and of the pope Eugene IV, by concluding the union from the Churches (Concile of Florence in 1439), facilitated by the adoption of a common interpretation of the Latin Filioque , but it cannot impose it on its people: the majority of the dignitaries of the orthodoxe Church condemn, indeed, the results of the council and weaken the position of the Emperor.
The disaster of Varna, on December 10th 1444, delivers the Byzantine Empire to the Turks in 1446, which impose their supervision to him.
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