Paleologus of Pesaro
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The Paleologus family, also called Palaiologos, Palaeologus and Paleologue, were a noble family from Pesaro in Italy who later established themselves in England in the 17th century. They might have be
Thomas Palaiologos, detail from the Pintoricchio fresco of Pius II's arrival at Ancona, in the Siena Cathedral
Portrait of Leo Allatius, keeper of the Vatican Library, who in 1648 wrote that Thomas Palaiologos had the three sons Andreas, Manuel and John
Miniature painting depicting Pesaro in 1578
Monument commemorating the 1670 (the monument erroneously gives the year as 1678) death of Ferdinand Paleologus in Barbados
Godscall Paleologue
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Godscall Paleologue or Paleologus was the last recorded living member of the Paleologus family, and through them possibly the last surviving member of the Palaiologos dynasty, rulers of the Byzantine
Paleologus of Pesaro
…but only one of them, Ferdinand, who later settled in Barbados, is known to have had children of his own. The last known living member of the family, Godscall Paleologue, is last attested as a newborn baby in 1694 and her subsequent fate is unknown. The Palaiologos dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of the Byzantine…
St Dunstan's, Stepney, where Godscall was baptised on 24 January 1694