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Giovanni Giustiniani: A brave and skillful tactician who led the defense of Constantinople. His efforts were often successful but in the end the Ottomans were simply too many and their resources too vast for Giovanni to defeat them. He lost his life after the conquest of Constantinople, having being wounded in the final assault.<ref>For more on Giovanni, see: Philippides, M. and Hanak, W.K. 2011. Ashgate.<i>The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453: Historiography, Topography, and Military Studies</i>. </ref>
Loukas Notaras: The last Grand Duke, or chief adviser to the Byzantine Emperor, helped guide the defense of Constantinople. He was executed after the fall of the city because he was seen as deceitful and he had hid treasure that could have been used to defend the city or buy off the Ottomans. <ref>See also Philippides and Hanak 2011, pg. 43</ref>
Mara Branković: A Serbian noblewoman who was married to Murad II and became a surrogate mother to Mehmed II. Even though she is Christian and from an enemy state to the Ottomans, having grown up in the Ottoman court and with Mehmed, she attempts to act as a spy and informer to Mehmed when she is back in Serbia, who could be a potential threat to the Ottomans during the siege of Constantinople.<ref>For more on Branković, see: Nicol 2002, pg. 44 </ref>
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