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Also Known As Constantine XI Palaiologos • Constantine XII Palaeologus • Constantine XII Palaiologos
Born February 9, 1404 • Turkey
Died May 29, 1453 (aged 49) • Istanbul • Turkey
Title / Office emperor (1449-1453), Byzantine Empire
Role In Fall of Constantinople • Siege of Constantinople

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