Maria-Irene Palaiologina
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| Irene Ειρήνη Παλαιολογίνα |
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| Empress consort of Bulgaria | |
| Born | 1332 Byzantine Empire |
| Spouse | Michael Asen IV of Bulgaria |
| Father | Andronikos III Palaiologos |
| Mother | Anna of Savoy |
Irene Palaiologina (Irina; Ειρήνη Παλαιολογίνα) (1327 - after 1356) was a Byzantine princess and Bulgarian empress consort.[1] She was also known as Maria Palaiologina (Μαρία Παλαιολογίνα).
Her parents were Andronikos III Palaiologos and Anna of Savoy,[2] whilst her siblings were John V Palaiologos[3] and Michael Palaiologos.[4]
She married in 1336 Tsar Michael Asen IV of Bulgaria.[5]
About this woman nothing else is known, except that she was an Orthodox Christian.
Sources
- ↑ Georgios Phrantzes Liber I, 8, p. 39.
- ↑ Her listing in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley. The project "involves extracting and analysing detailed information from primary sources, including contemporary chronicles, cartularies, necrologies and testaments."
- ↑ Nicol, Donald M., The Last Centuries of Byzantium. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, 2nd edition. ISBN 0-521-43991-4
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- ↑ EIRENE Maria Palaiologina
