Theodora Angelina Palaiologina

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]

Theodora Angelina Palaiologina
NationalityByzantine
SpouseAndronikos Palaiologos
ChildrenMichael VIII Palaiologos
Irene Komnene Palaiologina
John Palaiologos
Parents
FamilyPalaiologos

Family

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She was married with Andronikos Palaiologos, the megas domestikos of the Empire of Nicaea.[3][4] Theodora and Andronikos had four children:

References

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  1. ^ Kazhdan 1991, pp. 1557–1560.
  2. ^ Macrides 2007, p. 116.
  3. ^ Europäische Stammtafeln Band 3.1, Tafel 198
  4. ^ Cheynet & Vannier 1986, p. 178.

Sources

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  • 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.