Theodora Angelina Palaiologina
- Alexios Palaiologos (father)
- Irene Komnene Angelina (mother)
Theodora Angelina Palaiologina (Greek: Θεοδώρα Άγγελίνα Παλαιολογίνα) was a Byzantine noblewoman and mother of the future Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty. She was the daughter of the despotes Alexios Palaiologos and Irene Komnene Angelina, the daughter of Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera.[1][2]
Family
She was married with Andronikos Palaiologos, the megas domestikos of the Empire of Nicaea.[3][4] Theodora and Andronikos had four children:
- Maria Palaiologina (monastic name Martha), married with Nikephoros Tarchaneiotes.
- Irene Komnene Palaiologina (monastic name Eulogia), wife of John Kantakouzenos; mother of Anna, consort of Epirus and Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene, Empress consort of Bulgaria.
- Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223 – 11 December 1282), first Byzantine Emperor of the Palaiologan dynasty.
- John Palaiologos (1225/1230 – 1272/1273 or 1274/1275), despotes and sebastokrator.
References
- ^ Kazhdan 1991, pp. 1557–1560.
- ^ Macrides 2007, p. 116.
- ^ Europäische Stammtafeln Band 3.1, Tafel 198
- ^ Cheynet & Vannier 1986, p. 178.
Sources
- Cheynet, Jean-Claude; Vannier, Jean-François (1986). Études Prosopographiques (in French). Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. ISBN 978-2-85944-110-4.
- Kazhdan, Alexander P. (1991). "Palaiologos". In Kazhdan, Alexander P. (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
- Macrides, Ruth (2007). George Akropolites: The History – Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921067-1.
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The Palaiologoi of the Byzantine Empire
- Michael VIII (1259–1282)
- Andronikos II (1282–1328)
- Michael IX (1295–1320)
- Andronikos III (1328–1341)
- John V (1341–1391)
- John VI (1347–1354)
- Matthew (1353–1357)
- Andronikos IV (1376–1379)
- John VII (1390; 1403–1408)
- Andronikos V (1403–1407)
- Manuel II (1391–1425)
- John VIII (1425–1448)
- Constantine XI (1449–1453)
- George Palaiologos
- Alexios Palaiologos
- Andronikos Palaiologos
- Theodora Angelina Palaiologina
- Irene Komnene Palaiologina
- Michael VIII Palaiologos
- John Doukas Palaiologos
- Irene Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria
- Andronikos II Palaiologos
- Constantine Palaiologos
- Theodore Palaiologos
- Eudokia Palaiologina
- Maria Palaiologina, Khatun of the Ilkhanate
- Michael IX Palaiologos
- Constantine Palaiologos
- John Palaiologos
- Theodore Palaiologos (Palaeologus-Montferrat)
- Demetrios Palaiologos
- Simonis Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia
- John Palaiologos
- Andronikos III Palaiologos
- Anna Palaiologina, Despotess of Epirus
- Theodora Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria
- Irene Palaiologina, Byzantine Empress
- Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia
- Andronikos IV Palaiologos
- Manuel II Palaiologos
- Theodore I Palaiologos
- Michael Palaiologos
- Zampia Palaiologina
- Maria Palaiologina, Princess of Vereya (?)
- Constantine Palaiologos (?)
- Fernando Palaiologos (?)
- Andreas Palaiologos
Only male-line descendants who are independently notable are shown.