We look at the reaction to the fall of Constantinople in Venice, Rome and Russia. And briefly discuss those who claimed descent from Constantine XI.
Pic: The gravestone of Fernando Paleologus (c. 1619–1670), also known as Ferdinando or Fernando Palaiologos. He was an Anglo-Greek settler in Barbados who worked as a planter of cotton, sugar, and pineapples, served as a churchwarden at St. John’s Parish Church, and claimed descent from the Palaiologos dynasty
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