Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia

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Maria Palaiologina
Марија Палеолог
Queen consort of Serbia
Tenure 1324–1331
Died 7 April 1355
Burial Skopje
Spouse Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia
Dynasty PalaiologosNemanjić
Father John Palaiologos
Mother Irene Metochitissa
Religion Eastern Orthodoxy

Maria Palaiologina (Serbian: Марија Палеолог / Marija Paleolog) was the Queen consort of Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (1324–1331). She was the daughter of panhypersebastos John Palaiologos, and great-niece of Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328). Her maternal grandfather was megas logothetēs Theodore Metochites.

Her father was the governor of Thessaloniki in the early 1320s. Stephen Uroš III had earlier been married to Theodora of Bulgaria, but the marriage ended in with Theodora's death on 20 December 1322. Uroš III then married Maria in 1324. The royal couple's marriage lasted until her husband's death. Stephen Uroš III was defeated by his son Stephen Uroš IV Dušan (from the marriage with Theodora) in 1331, and shortly thereafter died in Zvečan (1332).

The relation between the father and son had been bad, the usurpation was incited by the "younger" nobility. Maria tried to assert the throne for her son Simeon Uroš, through Byzantine aid, but this was unsuccessful. Dušan the Mighty did not harm their family, Maria took monastic vows as Marta, and in 1348, Simeon became a governor of the southern provinces of the Serbian Empire. Maria died on April 7, 1355, and was buried in Skopje.[citation needed]

Family

She had one son and two daughters by her marriage with Stephen Uroš III:

Ancestry

Family of Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Andronikos Palaiologos, megas domestikos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Michael VIII Palaiologos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Theodora Angelina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Constantine Palaiologos, porphyrogénnētos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Ioannes Doukas Vatatzes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Eudokia Angelina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. John Palaiologos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Alexios Raoul, protovestiarios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. John Raoul Petraliphas, protovestiarios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Vatatzaina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Irene Raoulaina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. John Kantakouzenos, doux
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Theodora Palaiologina Kantakouzene
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Irene Palaiologina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Maria Palaiologina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. George Metochites
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Theodore Metochites, megas logothetes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Irene Metochitissa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See also

Royal titles
Preceded by Queen consort of Serbia
1324–1331
Succeeded by
Jelena Sratsimirova

Sources

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