Historedia
Group or institution

Despots Thomas and Demetrios

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1452

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Despots Thomas and Demetrios, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Ottoman campaign against the Morea in 1452

    1452

    Role: Byzantine rulers of the Morea

    1. 1452 · Ottoman CommandContainment of Byzantine Forces

      Mehmed II ordered Turahan to remain in the Morea to prevent aid to Constantinople during the 1453 siege.

    2. October 1452 · Isthmus of CorinthBreach of the Hexamilion

      Turahan Bey's forces breached the Hexamilion wall in October 1452, opening the Peloponnese to Ottoman invasion.

    3. October 1452 · Morea PeninsulaRaids through the Morea

      Ottoman troops raided from Corinth to Messenia, while Turahan's son Ahmed was captured in an ambush at Dervenakia.

Sources

  1. Turahan Bey Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-15