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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Manuel II Palaiologos

Battles of Manuel II Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor (1350-1425)

Manuel II Palaiologos is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1378 and 1422: 5 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Turkey (4), Greece (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,050 km apart end to end, 262 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Byzantine–Ottoman wars (2), Ottoman Interregnum (1).

Fall of PhiladelphiaSiege of ThessalonicaSiege of ConstantinopleSiege of ConstantinopleSiege of ConstantinopleFall of PhiladelphiaSiege of ThessalonicaSiege of ConstantinopleİzmirBursaBalıkesirManisaUşakTekirdağÇanakkaleChalkidaSeresKaterini200 km39.681N, 25.963E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1378: 1 engagements1 in 13781383: 1 engagements1 in 13831394: 1 engagements1 in 13941411: 1 engagements1 in 14111422: 1 engagements1 in 142213781422
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Fall of Philadelphia, 1378Siege of Thessalonica, 1383Siege of Constantinople, 1394Siege of Constantinople, 1411Siege of Constantinople, 142213781422
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1378Fall of PhiladelphiaAlaşehir, TurkeyOttoman victory
1383Siege of ThessalonicaThessaloniki, Greece541 km NWOttoman victory
1394Siege of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Turkey509 km EByzantine victory
18 February 1411Siege of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Turkey0 km NByzantine victory; Siege lifted
August 1422Siege of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Turkey0 km NByzantine victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, The original uploader was Pitchka at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.