Gravesite of Ferdinand Paleologos, Grandee of Barbados and Titular Heir to the Eastern Roman Empire

The actual grave of Ferdinand Paleologos, grandee of Barbados and root of the Carolina branch of the Havelock bloodline. He was also a titular heir of the old Eastern Roman Empire and had settled on Barbados to grow indigo and sugar. He also sought to escape Parliament’s vengeance, for he had been a cavalier that supported Unhappy King Charles I. Nowhere was slavery more cruel than in overcrowded Barbados in the mid 1600’s where death rates were nearly genocidal.