Theodore Palaeologo

Theodore Palaeologo or Theodore Attardo di Cristoforo de Bouillion ( 1823–1912), self-styled as Theodore Attardo di Cristoforo de Bouillion, Prince Nicephorus Comnenus Palaeologus, was a Maltese pretender to the throne of Greece, active in the late 19th century.

Biography Theodore Palaeologo was born 1823 (being 89 years old at the time of his death in 1912), probably in Malta. Palaeologo is first attested in 1862, then living in England, when he upon the deposition of King Otto of Greece put forward his own claim to the throne of Greece. Palaeologo claimed descent from the Palaiologos dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, Eugenie also claimed to be the heir to the Palaiologoi emperors and at times also put forth her supposed claim to the Greek throne.