Anna of Savoy

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Princess Anna of Savoy (* around 1306; † 1365 in Constantinople ) was Empress of Byzantium by marriage and regent from 1341 to 1347.

Life

Anna, whose baptismal name was Johanna , was the daughter of Count Amadeus V the Great of Savoy (1252-1323) and his second wife Princess Maria of Brabant (1278-1338), daughter of Duke John I the Victorious of Brabant-Limburg and Princess Margaret of Flanders-Namur of the Dampierre family. She was the niece of the Roman-German queen , Margaret of Brabant , and the cousin of the French queen Maria of Luxembourg ; as well as the sister-in-law of Duke Leopold I of Austria and Styria .

In 1326 Princess Johanna married the later Byzantine emperor Andronikos III in Constantinople . Palaiologos (1296-1341). In doing so, she changed her name to Anna. The marriage, which all reports said was a happy one, had four children:

After the death of her husband, she took over the reign of her son. Around 1346 the regent took the defense of St. Gregorios Palamas , which contributed decisively to the recognition of his religious doctrine in 1351. In 1351 Empress Anna withdrew to Salonika and died as sister Anastasia in the monastery.

literature

  • Armin Hohlweg: Anna of Savoy . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 1. Munich 1974, p. 78 f.
  • Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 1: Aaron - Azarethes . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2007, ISBN 978-2-503-52303-3 , pp. 280-281.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Armin Hohlweg: Anna von Savoyen. In: Mathias Bernath, Felix von Schroeder (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon for the History of Southeast Europe. Volume 1. Munich 1974, pp. 78-79 ( biolex.ios-regensburg.de )
  2. Peter Schreiner: Byzanz 565-1453 (= Oldenbourg ground plan of history. 22nd) 4th, updated edition. Oldenbourg, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-70477-8 , p. 77. ( books.google.de )