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The Despotate of Epirus was one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire when it disintegrated following the Fourth Crusade's capture of Constantinople in 1204 CE. It was originally the most successful of those successor...

Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259-1281 CE) Miniature from the manuscript of Pachymeres' Historia, 14th century CE. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

This medal depicts John VIII Palaeologus during his visit to Ferrara in 1438 CE, as drawn by Pisanello. Extravagant hats were popular among Byzantine Royalty.

A manuscript depicting Frederick II (l. 1194-1250 CE) being excommunicated by Pope Innocent IV.

An engraving of the Wakefield house on Pope's Creek, Virginia, the birthplace of George Washington. Engraving by Benson J. Lossing & William Barritt, 1856, digitalized by Centpacrr, 2013.

Robert Guiscard (c. 1015-1085) is proclaimed Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily by Pope Nicholas II, illustration from the Nuova Cronica of Giovanni Villani, 14th century.

Pope Leo IX (r. 1049-1054), illustration from an illuminated manuscript, 11th century.

A c. 1914 photograph of Pope Pius X (1903-14). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Portrait of Pope Pius VII, oil on panel by Jacques-Louis David, 1805. Louvre Museum, Paris.

Wax effigy of Pope Gregory VII (c. 1015-1085). Cathedral of Salerno, Italy.