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George Sphrantzes

1401 - 1477

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George Sphrantzes, also Phrantzes or Phrantza (Greek: Γεώργιος Σφραντζῆς or Φραντζῆς; 30 August 1401 – c. 1478), was a late Byzantine Greek historian and Imperial courtier. He was an attendant to Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, protovestiarites ("Lord of the Imperial Wardrobe") under John VIII Palaiologos, and a close confidant to Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine emperor. He was an eyewitness of the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, made a slave by the victorious Ottomans, but ransomed shortly afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Sphrantzes is the 1,393rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,523rd in 2019), the 630th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 729th in 2019) and the 95th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, George Sphrantzes ranks 1,393 out of 3,187. Before him are Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Suhayb ar-Rumi, Ahmad al-Rifaʽi, Tode Mongke, Ludger, and Maruthas of Martyropolis. After him are Philotheus I of Constantinople, Umayya ibn Khalaf, Joachim Meisner, Jozef Tomko, Dom Justo Takayama, and Reinhard Marx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1401, George Sphrantzes ranks 11. Before him are Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, Emperor Shōkō, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, and Stephen Zápolya. After him are Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Mesih Pasha, Jorge Álvares, Pero Escobar, Koca Davud Pasha, and Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein. Among people deceased in 1477, George Sphrantzes ranks 4. Before him are Charles the Bold, John VIII, Count of Vendôme, and Francesco del Cossa.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, George Sphrantzes ranks 630 out of 1,347. Before him are Roman of Bulgaria (930), Drastamat Kanayan (1884), Cüneyt Arkın (1937), Sultan Walad (1226), Şehzade Bayezid (1612), and Ibn Kemal (1468). After him are Maria Palaiologina (1300), Yaşar Kemal (1923), Mithridates II of Pontus (-300), Mesut Yılmaz (1947), Alexios II of Trebizond (1282), and Ebussuud Efendi (1490).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, George Sphrantzes ranks 95. Before him are Stachys the Apostle (20), Simeon Stylites the Younger (521), Mark of Ephesus (1392), John XI of Constantinople (1225), Daniel the Stylite (409), and Sultan Walad (1226). After him are Ebussuud Efendi (1490), Macrina the Younger (324), Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424), Isaac of Armenia (338), Maximus V of Constantinople (1897), and Kadi Burhan al-Din (1345).

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