Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)
Byzantine Empress consort
| Anna of Hungary | |
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| Byzantine Empress consort | |
| Tenure | 1273–1281 |
| Born | c. 1260 |
| Died | 1281 |
| Spouse | Andronikos II Palaiologos |
| Issue | Michael IX Palaiologos Constantine Palaiologos |
| House | Árpád |
| Father | Stephen V of Hungary |
| Mother | Elizabeth the Cuman |
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox, prev. Roman Catholic |
Anna of Hungary[1] (c. 1260–1281) was a Princess of Hungary and Croatia, and a Byzantine Empress by marriage to Andronikos II Palaiologos.
She was the daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Cuman.[2] Anna was granddaughter of Béla IV of Hungary.
On 8 November 1273, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos.[2]
According to George Pachymeres, the couple had two children:
- Michael IX Palaiologos[3]
- Constantine Palaiologos, despotes.
Anna died before her husband became senior emperor in 1282. However every Palaiologos emperor to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 descended from her through her son Michael. Anna's sister Elisabeth and Simonida (a daughter of Anna's husband by his second wife) both married King Stefan Milutin of Serbia.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ In Greek: Ἄννα; in Hungarian: Anna; in Croatian: Ana
- ^ a b Previte-Orton 1962, p. 922.
- ^ Giannouli 2013, p. 206.
Sources
Byzantine Empire portal
- Giannouli, Antonia (2013). "Coronation Speeches in the Palaiologan Period". In Beihammer, Alexander; Constantinou, Stavroula; Parani, Maria (eds.). Court Ceremonies and Rituals of Power in Byzantium and the Medieval Mediterranean. Brill.
- Previte-Orton, C.W. (1962). The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. II. Cambridge at the University Press.
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