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Doukas

1400 - 1500

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Doukas or Dukas (Greek: Δούκας; c. 1400 – after 1462) was a Byzantine Greek historian who flourished under Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine Emperor. He is one of the most important sources for the last decades and eventual fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottomans. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Doukas is the 153rd most popular historian (down from 140th in 2019), the 684th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 650th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Turkish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Doukas ranks 153 out of 561. Before him are Evagrius Scholasticus, Richard Pipes, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Shlomo Sand, Jean-Pierre Vernant, and Adémar de Chabannes. After him are François Furet, Matrakçı Nasuh, Gottfried Achenwall, Martino Martini, Norman Davies, and Hermann Abert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Doukas ranks 21. Before him are Vladislav II of Wallachia, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia, Ausiàs March, Alexander I of Moldavia, and Jang Yeong-sil. After him are Didacus of Alcalá, Goharshad Begum, Bartolomeu Perestrello, Balša II, Irene Asanina, and Michael Szilágyi. Among people deceased in 1500, Doukas ranks 9. Before him are Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Gil Eanes, and Fernão do Pó. After him are Ahmad ibn Mājid, Bartolomé Bermejo, John Morton, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, and Wan Hu.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Doukas ranks 684 out of 1,347. Before him are Archippus (50), Anna Dalassene (1030), Missak Manouchian (1906), Alexios IV of Trebizond (1382), Tuncel Kurtiz (1936), and Andronikos II of Trebizond (1240). After him are Michael the Syrian (1126), Benjamin I of Constantinople (1871), Pir Sultan Abdal (1480), Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), Artabazos I of Phrygia (-600), and Michael Choniates (1140).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

Among historians born in Türkiye, Doukas ranks 19. Before him are Agatharchides (-208), Leo the Deacon (950), John Kinnamos (1143), Philostorgius (368), Michael Attaleiates (1021), and Matthew of Edessa (1100). After him are Constantine Lascaris (1434), Halil İnalcık (1916), Charles Barbier de Meynard (1826), Taner Akçam (1953), Cadmus of Miletus (-500), and Constantine Paparrigopoulos (1815).

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