Theodore Palaeologo or Theodore Attardo di Cristoforo de Bouillion (c. 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.
Theodore Palaeologo was born c. 1823 (being 89 years old at the time of his death in 1912),[1] probably in Malta.
[2][3][4] Palaeologo claimed descent from the Palaiologos dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire,[2][3] of which the last confidently historically verified members died out in the 16th century.
[1][3] Nothing ultimately came of Palaeologo's attempt to become the king of Greece; ultimately, the Danish prince William was elected to succeed Otto as King George I of Greece.
[4] Palaeologo married Laura, daughter of the Maltese noble Nicholas Testaferrata Marchese di Noto.