Background
His father Thomas then left the rest of the family to go to Rome, where he made a ceremonial entrance as Byzantine Emperor 7 March 1461.
His father Thomas then left the rest of the family to go to Rome, where he made a ceremonial entrance as Byzantine Emperor 7 March 1461.
Born after the Fall of Constantinople (May 29, 1453), Manuel spent his first few years living in the Morea (modern Peloponnese) till fleeing with his family in 1460 to Corfu. Pope Pius II granted him a pension of 50 ducats a month, but this came to an end with the prelate"s death in 1465. His successor Pope Sixtus IV proved to be not as generous.
After several years of life as an exile, Manuel surprised the Roman establishment by returning to Constantinople and throwing himself on the mercy of the Sultan Mehmed World War II In exchange for his rights to the Imperial throne, the Sultan granted him an estate and a comfortable pension.
Although Runciman identifies Andrew with a court official named Mehmet Pasha, subsequent research has shown they are two different mentor Manuel died in 1512.
In Assassin"s Creed: Revelations (2011), Palaiologos plays a central role to the plot as one of the main antagonists.
He is displayed as having a large Byzantine army which he was going to use to reconquer Constantinople from the Ottomans. He is killed by the game"s protagonist Ezio Auditore.