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en-wikipedia-org-936		John VIII Palaiologos - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2135	369	67	John VIII Palaiologos Wikipedia John VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 December 1392 – 31 October 1448) was the penultimate Byzantine emperor, ruling from 1425 to 1448. John VIII was the eldest son of Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš,[1] the daughter of the Serbian prince Constantine Dragaš. In June 1422, John VIII Palaiologos supervised the defense of Constantinople during a siege by Murad II,[6] but had to accept the loss of Thessalonica, which his brother Andronikos had given to Venice in 1423. John VIII Palaiologos named his brother Constantine XI, who had served as regent in Constantinople in 1437–1439, as his successor. John VIII died at Constantinople in 1448, becoming the last reigning Byzantine emperor to die of natural causes. Medal of the Emperor John VIII Palaiologos during his visit to Florence, by Pisanello (1438). Ancestors of John VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-936.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-936.txt