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Constantine appears to have been primarily a soldier. This does not mean that Constantine was not also a skilled administrator: he was trusted and favored to such an extent by his older brother, Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, that he was designated as regent twice during John VIII's journeys away from Constantinople in 1423-1424 and 1437-1440. In 1427-1428, Constantine and John fended off an attack on the Morea (the Peloponnese)

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