Irene Palaiologina (Byzantium)
Irene Palaiologina († around 1391 ) was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Matthaios Asanes Kantakuzenos .
family
Irene was the daughter of Demetrios Palaiologos and his wife Theodora. Her paternal grandparents were Andronikos II (Byzantium) and his wife Yolande von Montferrat . Irene married Matthaios Asanes Kantakuzenos ( Byzantine Emperor ) from 1353 to 1357 and Despot of Morea from 1380 to 1383). They had five children:
- Johannes Kantakuzenos , despot
- Demetrios I. Kantakuzenos , Sebastokrator and Despot of Morea .
- Theodora
- Helena
- Maria
literature
- Donald M. Nicol : The Byzantine family of Kantakouzenos (Cantacuzenus) approx. 1100-1460. A genealogical and prosopographical study. (= Dumbarton Oaks Studies. Vol. 11). Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Washington DC 1968.
- Donald M. Nicol: The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1993, ISBN 0-521-43991-4 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palaiologina, Irene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine imperial wife |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th Century |