Anna of HungaryIn Greek: Ἄννα; in Hungarian: Anna; in Croatian: Ana (Kingdom of Hungary, 1260–1281) was a

Princess Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin '' princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subs ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

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Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V ( hu, V. István, hr, Stjepan V., sk, Štefan V; before 18 October 1239 – 6 August 1272, Csepel Island) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1270 and 1272, and Duke of Styria from 1258 to 1260. He was the oldest son of ...

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Elizabeth the Cuman Elizabeth the Cuman (1244–1290) was the Queen consort of Stephen V of Hungary. She was regent of Hungary during the minority of her son from 1272 to 1277. The Cumans were the western tribes of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. Her people follo ...

. Anna was granddaughter of Béla IV of Hungary. On 8 November 1273, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos. According to George Pachymeres, the couple had two children: *Michael IX Palaiologos *Constantine Palaiologos (son of Andronikos II), 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 (daughter of Anna's husband by another wife) both married King of Serbia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anna of Hungary 1260s births 1281 deaths House of Árpád Palaiologos dynasty 13th-century Byzantine empresses Hungarian princesses People of Cuman descent 13th-century Hungarian women Daughters of kings Mothers of Byzantine emperors