For other people by this name, see John Palaiologos.
John Paleologus
Born
June/July 1611 Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England
Died
After 1644
Noble family
Paleologus
Father
Theodore Paleologus
Mother
Mary Balls
Occupation
Soldier, Cavalier
John Paleologus (Italian: Giovanni Paleologo; June/July 1611 – after 1644), full name John Theodore Paleologus, was the third son of the 16th/17th-century soldier and assassin Theodore Paleologus and, through his father, possibly a descendant of the Palaiologos dynasty of Byzantine emperors.
Of Theodore's three sons to survive until adulthood (including John's brothers Theodore Junior and Ferdinand), John is the most enigmatic and his ultimate fate is uncertain. He probably sided with the Royalists, or Cavaliers, in the English Civil War (1642–1651), as Ferdinand did, and is known to have accompanied Ferdinand to Barbados, where both of them are attested in 1644. No later records of John, either in Barbados or back home in England, are known. He is popularly believed to have died at the Battle of Naseby in 1645, fighting for the Royalists, but there is no evidence that he returned to England. Another possibility is that he stayed in the Caribbean and, as many other disenchanted settlers did, ultimately turned to piracy.
did, ultimately turned to piracy. John Theodore Paleologus was the second eldest surviving son of Theodore Paleologus and his wife Mary Balls, baptised...
erected in 1906 and is a local tourist spot. Ferdinand Paleologus was the fourth son of Theodore Paleologus by his wife, Mary Balls, and was baptised in the...
Godscall Paleologue or Paleologus (12 January 1694 – ?) was the last recorded living member of the Paleologus family, and through them possibly the last...
north central east coast of Italy around 1560, Theodore Paleologus was the son of Camilio Paleologus, about whom very little is known. The name of his mother...
of the Paleologus family served the town's ruling Della Rovere family in a military capacity. After brothers Leonidas and Scipione Paleologus, together...
their family. Theodorious, or Theodore, Paleologus was born c. 1660 as the only child of Ferdinand Paleologus and Rebecca Pomfrett, the daughter of a...
John VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 December 1392 – 31 October 1448) was the penultimate...
John VII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 1370 – 22 September 1408) was Byzantine emperor for five...
illegitimate children. The Paleologus family in Pesaro, attested from the early 16th century onwards, claimed descent from 'John Palaiologos', a purported...
the reunion of the Eastern and Western Churches, John of Ragusa induced the Emperor JohnPaleologus and the Patriarch Joseph to send an embassy to the...
Theodore Paleologus, who lived in Cornwall in the 17th century and claimed descent from Thomas Palaiologos through an otherwise unattested son called John, might...
John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 June 1332 – 16 February 1391) was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to...
contained figures such as Theodore Paleologus, who worked as a soldier and hired assassin, and Ferdinand Paleologus, who retired in Barbados in the late...
of Montferrat (1413–1464), Marquess of Montferrat in 1445–1464 John Theodore Paleologus (1611–???), possibly a descendant of Thomas Palaiologos, Despot...
Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, and brothers of the final two emperors John VIII and Constantine XI. Demetrios had a complicated relationship with his...
received the name Matthew. His wife Helena Dragaš saw to it that their sons, John VIII and Constantine XI, became emperors. He is commemorated by the Greek...
Runciman 1969, p. 183–184. Nicol 1992, p. 116. Hall, John (2015). An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer. Stroud: The History...
Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina. According to Deno John Geanakoplos, Michael's ancestry could be traced back to all three imperial...
extent by his older brother, Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, that he was designated as regent twice during John VIII's journeys away from Constantinople...
Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0750962612. Hall, John (2015). An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus:...
3406/rebyz.1959.1199. Retrieved 28 May 2011. Hall, John (2015). An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer. Stroud: The History...
command of the incompetent court eunuch John, who refused to follow Palaiologos' advice. Soon, however, John became frightened of the constant attacks...
authority. On 21 May 1294 at Hagia Sophia, Michael IX was crowned by Patriarch John XII of Constantinople. In subsequent years, Andronikos II entrusted his son...
Charles Ottley Groom Napier, also self-styled Charles de Bourbon d'Este Paleologus Gonzaga, Prince of Mantua and Montferrat (14 May 1839 – 17 January 1894)...
amongst many others by Giorgio Biandrata and Francesco Stancaro, and Paleologus found a receptive audience for his teachings. The aristocratic households...
"more seasoned killer". Franciotti recommended Theodore Paleologus. At this point, Theodore Paleologus had established himself as an assassin, and seems to...
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