Graitzas Palaiologos
Konstantinos Graitzas Palaiologos (
Despotate of Morea by the forces of Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire
in 1460–61.
Graitzas descended from an obscure branch of the
despotes Thomas Palaiologos and Demetrios Palaiologos. Whereas Thomas fled to Modon, Corfu, and finally to Rome as a refugee, his brother Demetrios surrendered outright to the Sultan. Meanwhile, Graitzas maintained his position, holding his redoubt until July 1461, nearly 8 years after the Fall of Constantinople
.
Mehmed the Conqueror personally oversaw the attack. The elite
Naupactus
).
With the Roman Empire he served having ceased to exist, Graitzas accepted a commission as
general in the armed forces of the Republic of Venice
.
Sources
- The Immortal Emperor (1992), by Donald Nicol, p. 113.
- The Fall of Constantinople 1453, by Steven Runciman.
- Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit, IX no. 21497, ed. E. Trapp et als.
References
- ^ Stefanos Thomopoulos, History of the city of Patras, Patras 1999, Achaikes Publishers, Volume II
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