{"id":1750,"date":"2025-09-23T01:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/the-last-emperor-of-constantinople-1453\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:36:00","slug":"the-last-emperor-of-constantinople-1453","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/en\/the-last-emperor-of-constantinople-1453\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Emperor of Constantinople &#8211; 1453"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-border-color has-tertiary-border-color\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-radius:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niccol\u00f2 and his Genoese mercenaries arrive in Constantinople<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/%f0%9f%8e%ad-extrait-larrivee-de-niccolo-et-des-mercenaires-genois\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Niccolo-nef-genoise-sainte-sophie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Niccolo-nef-genoise-sainte-sophie.png 1024w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Niccolo-nef-genoise-sainte-sophie-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Niccolo-nef-genoise-sainte-sophie-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Niccolo-nef-genoise-sainte-sophie-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Niccolo-nef-genoise-sainte-sophie-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Niccolo-nef-genoise-sainte-sophie-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#3a3a3c;border-width:1px;border-radius:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inspection of the ramparts by Emperor Constantine XI and the Genoese Giustiniani<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/%f0%9f%8e%ad-extrait-de-roman-linspection-des-murailles-et-des-gardes-par-lempereur-constantin-xi\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-3-sept.-2025-a-11_15_11.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-842 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#3a3a3c;border-width:1px;border-radius:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrival of the young Sultan Mehmed before the walls of Constantinople<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/%f0%9f%8e%ad-larrivee-devant-les-murailles-de-constantinople-du-jeune-sultan-mehmed-le-5-avril-1453\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-15-aout-2025-15_03_02-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-15-aout-2025-15_03_02-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-15-aout-2025-15_03_02-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-15-aout-2025-15_03_02-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-15-aout-2025-15_03_02-50x33.png 50w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-15-aout-2025-15_03_02-100x67.png 100w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-15-aout-2025-15_03_02.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#3a3a3c;border-width:1px;border-radius:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions in the Imperial Council<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Conseil_Constantinople_1453-1024x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1328 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Conseil_Constantinople_1453-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Conseil_Constantinople_1453-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Conseil_Constantinople_1453-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Conseil_Constantinople_1453-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Conseil_Constantinople_1453-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Conseil_Constantinople_1453-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Conseil_Constantinople_1453-50x50.webp 50w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Conseil_Constantinople_1453.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#3a3a3c;border-width:1px;border-radius:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shock on the Golden Horn<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IA-soldats-byzantins-decouvrant-la-flotte-ottomane.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-481 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IA-soldats-byzantins-decouvrant-la-flotte-ottomane.png 1024w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IA-soldats-byzantins-decouvrant-la-flotte-ottomane-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IA-soldats-byzantins-decouvrant-la-flotte-ottomane-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IA-soldats-byzantins-decouvrant-la-flotte-ottomane-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IA-soldats-byzantins-decouvrant-la-flotte-ottomane-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IA-soldats-byzantins-decouvrant-la-flotte-ottomane-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#3a3a3c;border-width:1px;border-radius:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facing the Ottoman Assaults<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/%f0%9f%8e%ad-face-aux-assauts-ottomans\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-20-sept.-2025-a-23_51_08.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1444 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-20-sept.-2025-a-23_51_08.webp 1024w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-20-sept.-2025-a-23_51_08-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-20-sept.-2025-a-23_51_08-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-20-sept.-2025-a-23_51_08-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-20-sept.-2025-a-23_51_08-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-20-sept.-2025-a-23_51_08-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-20-sept.-2025-a-23_51_08-50x50.webp 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#3a3a3c;border-width:1px;border-radius:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 29, 1453<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/%f0%9f%8e%ad-29-mai-1453\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-5-sept.-2025-a-10_45_10-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-920 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#3a3a3c;border-width:1px;border-radius:24px\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chaos in Hagia Sophia<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/%f0%9f%8e%ad-le-dernier-empereur-de-constantinople-le-sultan-a-sainte-sophie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-21-sept.-2025-a-23_44_44.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1506 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-21-sept.-2025-a-23_44_44.webp 1024w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-21-sept.-2025-a-23_44_44-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-21-sept.-2025-a-23_44_44-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-21-sept.-2025-a-23_44_44-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-21-sept.-2025-a-23_44_44-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-21-sept.-2025-a-23_44_44-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/constantinople1453.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-21-sept.-2025-a-23_44_44-50x50.webp 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niccol\u00f2 and his Genoese mercenaries arrive in Constantinople Inspection of the ramparts by Emperor Constantine XI and the Genoese Giustiniani The arrival of the young Sultan Mehmed before the walls of Constantinople Tensions in the Imperial Council Shock on the Golden Horn Facing the Ottoman Assaults May 29, 1453 Chaos in Hagia 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