 Michael VIII Palaiologos kana kuti Palaeologus ; 1223 11 December 1282 akatonga semutongi weHumambo hweNicaea kubva muna 1259 kusvika muna 1261, uye semutongi weByzantine kubva muna 1261 kusvika parufu rwake. Michael VIII akanga ari muvambi wedzinza rePaleiologan raizotonga Umambo hweByzantium kutozosvikira Kuwa kweConstantinople muna 1453. Akadzorera Constantinoplekubva muUmambo hweLatin muna 1261 ndokushandura Umambo hweNicaea kuva Umambo hweByzantium hwakadzorerwa. 