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The Connections of Michael VIII Palaiologos
Founder of the Palaiologan dynasty (1224–1282) Every person recorded alongside Michael VIII Palaiologos in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Michael VIII Palaiologos in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Andronikos Palaiologos, Theodora Angelina Palaiologina
- Spouses
- Theodora Palaiologina
- Children
- Manuel Palaiologos, Andronikos II Palaiologos, Konstantinos Palaiologos, Irene Palaiologina, Anna Palaiologina, Eudokia Palaiologina, Theodorus Palaiologos, Euphrosyne Palaiologina, Maria Palaiologina
- Siblings
- Konstantinos Palaiologos, Irene Palaiologina, John Palaiologos, Paleologina Zacharia, Maria-Martha Palaiologina
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1224 to 1282.
Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today
Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)
Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history
Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Medieval era
Mansa Musa
1280 – 1337
14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire
Medieval era
Osman I
August 23, 1258 – August 1, 1326
Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
Medieval era
Robert the Bruce
July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329
King of Scotland (1306–1329)
Medieval era
Edward I of England
June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307
King of England from 1272 to 1307
Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
Medieval era
Dante Alighieri
May 30, 1265 – September 13, 1321
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)