Manuel II Palaeologus
Manuel II Palaeologus (Graece , natus die 27 Iunii 1350; mortuus die 21 Iulii 1425), filius decessoris sui Ioannis V, fuit auctor Graecus et imperator Constantinopolitanus ab anno 1391 usque ad mortem. Demetrius Cydones sub hoc principatu mesazon seu primus minister meruit annis 1391-1396.

Manuel Palaeologus in matrimonium duxit Helenam Dragasem principissam Serbiae et ex ea genuit:
 Ioannes, patris successor
 Theodorus, despotes Moreae
 Andronicus, despotes Thessalonicae
 Constantinus, fratris Ioannis successor, imperator Byzantinus ultimus
 Demetrius, despotes Moreae
 Thomas, despotes Moreae

De citatione Manuelis II a papa Benedicto XVI facta 
Mense Septembri 2006, papa Benedictus XVI fecit iter in patriam suam, Bavariam. Apud universitatem Ratisbonae sermonem de fide et ratione in religione Christiana ac Islamica habuit et Manuelis II sententiam de religione Islamica evocavit, quae (is dixit) non recte intellecta est et orbe terrarum controversias et etiam tumultus concitavit.

Fontes rerum gestarum Manuelis II 
 Ducas, Historia
 Georgius Sphrantzes, Chronicon maius
 Laonicus Chalcocondyles, Historiae
 Demetrius Cydones, Epistulae
 Ioannes Chortasmenus, Narratio de obsidione Constantinopolis 1394-1402

Bibliographia 
 Editiones operum
 Athanasios Angelou, ed., Manuel Palaiologos: Dialogue with the Empress-Mother on Marriage. Vindobonae, 1991
 Claudius Bevegni, ed., Dialogum de matrimonio/Περὶ γάμον by Manuel Palaeologus. Catania, 1989
 George T. Dennis, ed. et interpr., The Letters of Manuel II Palaeologus. Vasingtoniae: Dumbarton Oaks, 1977 Textus 
 Karl Förstel, ed. et interpr., Manuel II. Palaiologos: Dialoge mit einem Muslim (Corpus Islamo-Christianum. Series Graeca 4). 3 voll. Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1995; ISBN 3-89375-078-9, ISBN 3-89375-104-1, ISBN 3-89375-133-5
 Christina Kakkoura, ed., An annotated critical edition of Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus' "Seven Ethico-political Orations" (dissertatio Londiniensis 2013)
 Erich Trapp, ed., Manuel II. Palaiologos: Dialoge mit einem „Perser“. Vindobonae: Böhlau, 1966, ISBN 3-7001-0965-2.

 Eruditio
 M. A. Andreeva, "Zur Reise Manuels II. Palaiologos nach Westeuropa" in Byzantinische Zeitschrift vol. 34 (1934) pp. 37-47
 John W. Barker, Manuel II Palaeologus (1391-1425): A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship. Brunswick Novae Caesareae: Rutgers University Press, 1969
 Charalambos Dendrinos, "Manuel II Palaeologus in Paris (1400-1402): Theology, Diplomacy, and Politics" in Greeks, Latins, and Intellectual History 1204-1500 (2011. Bibliotheca vol. 11)
 George T. Dennis, The Reign of Manuel II Palaeologus in Thessalonica, 1382-1387. Romae: Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum, 1960
 R. J. Loenertz, "L'exil de Manuel II Paléologue à Lemnos" in Orientalia Christiana periodica vol. 38 (1972) pp. 116-140
 Nevra Necipoğlu, Byzantium Between the Ottomans and the Latins: Politics and Society in the Late Empire. Cantabrigiae: Cambridge University Press, 2009 
 
 A. A. Vasiliev, "Putešestvie vizantijskago imperatora Manuila Paleologa po zapadnoi Evrope (1399-1403)" in Журналъ Министерства народнаго просвѣщенія n.s. vol. 39 (1912) pp. 260-304
 Elizabeth A. Zachariadou, "Manuel II Palaeologos on the strife between Bāyezīd I and Ḳāḓị Burhān al-Dīn Aḥmad" in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies vol. 43 (1980) pp. 471-481

Nexus externi 

 
 De Manuele in "De Imperatoribus Romanis" (pagina a Wilhelm Baum scripta) 
 Lectio integralis papae Benedicti XVI Ratisbonae (12.9.2006)

Imperatores Constantinopolitani
Nati 1350
Mortui 1425
Palaeologi
Ioannes VIII Palaeologus
Constantinus XI Palaeologus
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Ioannes V Palaeologus
Auctores Graeci mediaevales