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Michael VIII Palaiologos
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Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1261 until his death in 1282, and previously as the co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea from 1259 to 1261.
Quotes
What to do? Give me money. I will find you a defender, who has no money, but who has arms.
Source: Ferretus Vincentinus, in Muratori, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores, vol. ix, p. 952. Reported in: Jules Michelet, History of France, translated by G. H. Smith, vol. 1 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882), p. 338
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Category:Byzantine emperors