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Andreas Palaiologos or Palaeologus ((ギリシア語:Ἀνδρέας Παλαιολόγος); Serbian: Андреја Палеолог; 1453–1502) was the pretender Byzantine emperor and Despot of Morea from 1465 until his death in 1502. ==Biography== Andreas was the son of Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of Morea, and Catherine Zaccaria, the daughter of Centurione II Zaccaria the last Prince of Achaea.〔Donald M. Nicol, ''The Immortal Emperor'' (Cambridge: Canto Paperbacks, 1994), pp. 114f〕 After his uncle Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Emperor of Constantinople died defending the capital of the Byzantine Empire on May 29, 1453, Andreas' family continued to live in Morea as vassals of the Turkish Sultan Mehmet II. But constant bickering between Thomas Palaiologos and his brother Demetrios led to the Sultan invading the Morea in 1460; Andreas and his father escaped to Corfu.〔Steven Runciman, ''The Fall of Constantinople'' (London: Cambridge, 1969), pp. 171ff〕 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. Andreas' mother died in August 1462, but he and his younger brother Manuel did not rejoin his father until a few days before the man died in 1465. After his father's death, Andreas stayed in the Papal States by consent of the Pope. He lived in Rome, styling himself ''Imperator Constantinopolitanus'' ("Emperor of Constantinople").〔Norwich, John Julius, ''Byzantium - The Decline and Fall'', p.446〕 Andreas was considered by his contemporaries, most prominently the Cardinal Bessarion the rightful heir to the Roman (Byzantine) throne who, curiously, lived in Rome years after the end of the Eastern Roman Empire.〔Nicol, ''Immortal Emperor'', p. 116〕 Despite the great expectations Papal officials had for Andreas, his behavior was not imperial. In 1480 he married Caterina, a woman Runciman describes as "a lady from the streets of Rome"; and he constantly lived beyond his means.〔Runciman, ''Fall'', p. 184〕 During his lifetime, Andreas was believed to have wasted enormous sums of money given to him by the Pope; however, modern historians now believe that the money received from the Pope was only enough for a meager style of life. Desperate for money, Andreas sold the rights to the Byzantine crown which he possessed since the death of his father. Charles VIII of France purchased the rights of succession from Andreas during 1494 and died on April 7, 1498.〔 The following Kings of France continued the claim and used the Imperial titles and honors: Louis XII, Francis I, Henry II and Francis II. Not until Charles IX in 1566 did the imperial claim come to an eventual end through the rules of extinctive prescription as a direct result of desuetude or lack of use. Charles IX wrote that the imperial Byzantine title "is not more eminent than that of king, which sounds better and sweeter."〔David Potter, ''A History of France, 1460-1560: The Emergence of a Nation State'', 1995, p. 33〕 Andreas died a pauper during 1502, in spite of having sold his titles and royal and imperial rights again to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.〔 However, Runciman doubts he ever received any money due, for his widow had to beg the Pope for 104 ducats to pay the costs of his funeral.〔 Andreas visited his sister in Moscow during 1480 and 1491. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andreas Palaiologos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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