Manuel II Palaiologos ascends a shrunken Byzantine throne
1391
The new emperor inherited a polity reduced to Constantinople, a few Aegean islands, and the Despotate of Morea, all surrounded by the Ottomans. He spent his reign begging European kings for crusader help, traveling personally as far as London and Paris. He would outlive Bayezid and die in his bed.
In context
Also in 1391 (3 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.