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  MANUEL II. OF TREBIZOND - LoveToKnow Article on MANUEL II. OF TREBIZOND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel married, firstly, a sister-in-law of Conrad III.
Manuel subsequently set out in person to seek help from the West, and for this purpose visited Italy, France, Germany and England, but without material success; the victory of Timur in 1402, and the death of Bayezid in the following year were the first events to give him a genuine respite from Ottoman oppression.
Manuel was the author of numerous works of varied character theological, rhetorical, poetical and letters.
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 Manuel II Palaeologus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel II Palaeologus (1350 – July 21, 1425) was Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425, and son of Emperor John V Palaeologus.
Shortly before his death he was forced to sign an agreement whereby the Byzantine Empire undertook to pay tribute to the sultan.
Manuel was the author of numerous works of varied character — theological, rhetorical, poetical and letters.
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 AllRefer.com - Manuel II, Byzantine emperor (Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Manuel II (Manuel Palaeologus), 1350–1425, Byzantine emperor (1391–1425), son and successor of John V.
In his youth he was taken captive by the Turks, and during his reign the Ottomans reduced the empire to Constantinople and its dependencies in the Peloponnesus.
After the failure of the crusade of Sigismund of Hungary (later Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund) at Nikopol (1396), Manuel appealed to the West for aid and made a futile European journey (1399–1402) for that purpose.
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 Manuel II de Portugal - Wikipédia
Manuel II (19 de Março de 1889 - 2 de Julho de 1932), de seu nome completo Manuel Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis Eugénio de Bragança, foi o trigésimo-quinto e último Rei de Portugal.
Manuel II procurou salvar a situação política demitindo o ditador João Franco e convocando eleições gerais.
Manuel dedicou-se então ao estudo e escreveu um tratado sobre literatura medieval e renascentista em Portugal.
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 Manuel II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manuel II (English: Emanuel II), the Patriot Port.
Revolution erupted on October 4, 1910 and Manuel fled to British ruled Gibraltar with the royal family as his palace was being shelled.
Manuel died on July 2, 1932 at Fulwell Park, Twickenham, Middlesex, England.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Manuel II
Manuel II(1391-1425) was the second-to-last emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
Manuel's father, Emperor John V (1341-1391), had to deal with the crossing of the Hellespont by the Turks, who first conquered Thrace and Macedonia and in 1389 at the battle of Kossovo destroyed and conquered the Serbian Empire.
Manuel had to consent to a treaty in which it was specified that a quarter for Turkish merchants should be set up in Constantinople with its own Kadi (a Moslem learned man and magistrate.) At first Manuel succeeded in taking advantage of the sultan's involvements to reestablish control over Thessaloniki and parts of Macedonia.
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 Roman Emperors DIR Manuel I Comnenus
Manuel, with his penchant for the Latins and their ways, left a legacy of Byzantine resentment against these outsiders, which was to be ruthlessly exploited by Andronicus in the end.
Manuel confirmed John Axuch in the office of Grand Domestic, that is, commander of the army, appointed John of Poutze as procurator of public taxes, grand commissioner and inspector of accounts and John Hagiotheodorites as chancellor.
Manuel made a hasty truce with his Turkish enemies and demanded that the crusading armies (for a second army, of French under Louis VII was approaching) swear an oath of fealty to him, much in the manner that the partcipants of the First Crusade had sworn allegiance to Alexius I.
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 Víctor Manuel II - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Víctor Manuel II Víctor Manuel II (Turín, 14 de marzo de 1820 - Roma, 9 de enero de 1878) Último rey de Cerdeña-Piamonte y primer rey de Italia.
Víctor Manuel se vio obligado a aceptar esta situación, que conllevó la cesión a Francia de Niza y Saboya -por los servicios prestados- y la dimisión de Cavour (1860).
Víctor Manuel trasladó allí su capital, pero vio abrirse un nuevo conflicto para su régimen, al exacerbarse la enemistad del papa Pío IX, que se consideró a sí mismo prisionero en sus palacios del Vaticano, excomulgó al rey y negó toda legitimidad al Estado italiano unificado.
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 AllRefer.com - Manuel II, 1889–1932, king of Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Manuel II, 1889–1932, king of Portugal, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
Manuel II 1889–1932, king of Portugal (1908–10), second son of Charles I.
He succeeded to the throne after the assassination of his father and elder brother, but in Oct., 1910, a revolution dethroned Manuel and established a republic.
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 Manuel II Palaeologus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel then travelled to Europe to gain help from the western kingdoms but was unsuccessful.
In 1422 the Byzantine Empire was attacked by the new Turkish sultan, Murad II, who conquered the Peloponnesus (modern Greek Pelopónnisos) and forced Manuel to pay tribute for the remaining three years of his reign.
Manuel was succeeded by his son John VIII Palaeologus, who had been coemperor since 1421.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Manuel II Palaeologus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel II Palaeologus (1348?-1425), son and successor of the Byzantine emperor John V Palaeologus.
John VIII Palaeologus (1390-1448), Byzantine emperor (1425-48), eldest son and successor of Emperor Manuel II.
Chrysoloras, Manuel (1355?-1415), Greek scholar of the early Renaissance, born probably in Constantinople (present-day İstanbul).
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 Manuel II on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
(Manuel Palaeologus), 1350-1425, Byzantine emperor (1391-1425), son and successor of John V.
After the failure of the crusade of Sigismund of Hungary (later Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund) at Nikopol (1396), Manuel appealed to the West for aid and made a futile European journey (1399-1402) for that purpose.
II: Contra viento y marea: aunque expuesta a la inquina de sus adversarios políticos como ninguna otra Primera Dama desde los tiempos de Madero, la popularidad de Marta Sahagún crece día con día y...
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 Manuel II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The young King sought to save the fragile position of the Braganza monarchy by dismissing the dictator and his entire cabinet in 1908.
Revolution erupted on October 4, 1910 and Manuel fled to England with the royal family as his palace was being shelled.
Manuel died on July 2, 1932 at, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
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 Portuguese monarchs: Manuel II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel was recognised king of Portugal by the end of 1908 after the assasinatiion of his father and elder brother.
Manuel was to be the last king to rule Portugal.
Manuel was the second son of King Carlos and Dona Augusta Vitória de Hohenzollern Sigmarigen (1890-1966).
histclo.hispeed.com /royal/por/rp-man2.htm   (538 words)

  
 Tallulahs Biographies & Images; Famous People; King Manuel II of Portugal
Manuel II ascended the throne, 1908, at the age of 18, after the assassination of his father and older brother.
Manuel lived in London for the remainder of his life, spending his large fortune, lavishly.
Manuel II was the end of the era of kings in Portugal.
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 MANUEL II VAN BYZANTIUM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel II zocht hulp bij het Westen en reisde daarom tussen 1399 en 1403 persoonlijk naar Venetië, Parijs en Londen, echter zonder enig resultaat, politiek noch militair.
Tegen het eind van Manuels regering begonnen de aanvallen van de Osmanen echter opnieuw.
Mehmeds zoon Moerad II belegerde de hoofdstad in 1422 en drong in 1423 binnen in Morea.
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 Manuel II of Portugal
Manuel II of Portugal, Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis Eugénio (November 15, 1889 - July 2, 1932) reigned as Portugal's last King from 1908 - 1910, following the assassination of King Carlos and his older brother, Crown Prince Luis Filipe.
The young King sought to save the fragile position of the Braganza monarchy by dismissing the dictator Joao Franco and his entire cabinet in 1908.
Manuel died on July 2, 1932 at Fulwell Park, Twickenham, Middlesex.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Manuel_II_of_Portugal.html   (186 words)

  
 Emperor Christopher of BYZANTIUM - Euprepia Monomachus of BYZANTIUM
Descendents of Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of BYZANTIUM
Ancestors of Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus of BYZANTIUM
Descendents of Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus of BYZANTIUM
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 Rick's Family Information Site - Peña Family
MANUEL PEÑA RESENDEZ was born 1862 in Mier, Tamaulipas, and died Sep 23, 1923 in Laredo, TX.
MANUEL TEODORO PEÑA SAENZ was born Nov 9, 1880 in Roma, TX, and died Nov 30, 1940 in Laredo, TX.
JOSE MANUEL PEÑA. VIRGINIA PEÑA was born Jul 19, 1921 in Laredo, TX, and died May 26, 1983 in San Antonio, TX.
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 MANUEL II - Online Information article about MANUEL II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel de Mello's early Spanish verses are tainted with Gongorism, but his Portuguese sonnets and cartas on moral subjects are notable for their See also:
His Letters, addressed to the leading nobles, ecclesiastics, diplomats and literati of the time, are written in a conversational style, lighted up by flashes of wit and enriched with apposite illustrations and quotations.
Manchester, 1905), " D. Francisco Manuel de Mello, documentos biographicos " and " D. Francisco Manuel de Mello, obras autographas, e ineditas," by the same writer, in the Archivo historico portuguez for 1909.
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 D. Manuel II, o Bibliógrafo - artigo de Hernâni Matos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
O casamento de D. Manuel II com uma princesa alemã, não o impediu de aconselhar os seus partidários a combater pela causa dos aliados, durante a I Grande Guerra e de visitar as tropas portuguesas na frente da Flandres.
Manuel II nascera no Palácio de Belém em 15 de Novembro de 1889, filho de D. Carlos I de Bragança e de Amélia de Orléans.
A esmerada educação de D. Manuel II e os bons frutos que dela houve, tornaram a sua vida e obra um corolário natural daquela educação.
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 Manuel II and respite from the Turks (from Byzantine Empire) --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The new sultan Bayezid I (1389–1402) intended to make it his capital; when Manuel II came to that throne at his father's death in 1391, the Sultan warned him that he was emperor only inside the city walls.
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Mohammad II (Mehmed the Conqueror) (1432–81), Ottoman sultan, born in Adrianople (now Edirne); during rule (1444–46 and 1451–81), captured Constantinople and thus completed the Ottoman destruction of the Byzantine Empire; fourth son of Murad II; restored and repopulated Constantinople after capture in 1453; reorganized Ottoman administration, codified laws, encouraged scholarship...
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Since João II died without descendents, he succeeded to the throne since he was the closest relative of João II.
Son of Maria II and Fernando II, brother of Pedro V.
Manuel II He was born on November 15, 1889.
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 KING MANUEL II - LETTER SIGNED 1908
Carlos's second son, at 18, succeeded to the throne as King Manuel II.
Manuel's reign was marked by a succession of ineffectual governments resulting in his overthrow in the revolution of October 3, 1910, led by the Portuguese Navy.
Manuel lived in exile in England until his death in 1932 at the age of 42.
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 John VII Paleologus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
However, several years after Manuel had succeeded John V he saw it necessary, in light of a protracted siege by Bayezit on Constantinople, to leave the capital in an appeal for help from the various nations of Europe.
The two patched up their differences and Manuel crossed his fingers, hoping that John VII wouldn't pull any dirty tricks while he was out of town.
Later on they had another short-lived spat and Manuel banished him to an island but, whatever the reasons for this, Manuel recognized the good of his nephew and suspended this punishment just a short time later and finally rewarded him for his efforts with the imperial title and rule over Thessalonica.
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 Manuel II de Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel escribió una guía inestimable a la literatura portuguéa medieval y del renacimiento, pero murió jóvenes.
Manuel murió de julio el 2 de 1932 en el parque de Fulwell, Twickenham, Middlesex.
English version: Manuel II of Portugal Next: Universidad De Colorado Up
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 Manuel Surname - AR Connection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Point of entry is Cuthbert MANUEL and wife Deliliah BROWN.
The earliest MANUEL I have was born in Virginia, migrated to Tennessee, and died there.
William Thomas Manuel (5 William3, 2.John2, 1.Payton) b.
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 Chrysoloras, Manuel --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Although he spent his life striving to win independence for the Philippines, Manuel Quezon did not live to see the birth of the republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1946.
At the time of his death he and his government were in exile in the United States waiting until that country's armed forces could liberate the islands from the Japanese.
The Spanish tenor and composer Manuel Vicente García was one of the finest singers of his time.
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 Manuel II Palaeologus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel II Palaeologus (1350-July 21 1425) era emperador byzantine a partir de 1391 a 1425, e hijo del emperador Juan V Palaeologus.
Manuel era el autor de los trabajos numerosos el carácter variado de theological, retóricos, poéticos y las letras.
English version: Manuel II Palaeologus Next: Presuposición Up
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 Manuel II Paleologus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A born leader, Manuel II was the son of the late John V under whose reign the final collapse of the empire had begun.
With a rare gift of diplomacy, scholarship and imperial charm, he was able to lift the spirits of Constantinople's inhabitants who, for long periods of time would now find themselves under siege and starving.
Manuel spent the rest of his reign dealing with the scattered and factious Turks who, although no longer an immediate threat to Constantinople, would continue to pose a grave and growing danger to the city.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Manuel II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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He was the son of John V Palaeologus, and became heir to the throne in 1373...
The son of Emperor John II, Manuel tried unsuccessfully to restore Byzantine power...
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