Constantine XI Palaiologos

Constantine XI Dragasēs Palaiologos (1405–1453) was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor (and, as such, the last Roman Emperor). He ruled from 1449 to his death in battle during the fall of Constantinople. As his body was never definitively identified or recovered, he became a legendary figure in Greek folklore as the "Marble Emperor" who would awaken and recover the Empire and Constantinople from the Turks.