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Maria Palaiologina, Queen Of Serbia
Maria Palaiologina () was the Queen consort of Stefan Dečanski (1324–1331). Maria was the daughter of ''panhypersebastos'' John Palaiologos, and great-niece of Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328). Her father was the governor of Thessaloniki in the early 1320s. Stefan Uroš III had earlier been married to Teodora 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. Stefan Uroš III was defeated by his son Stephen Uroš IV Dušan (from the marriage with Teodora) 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Serbian Royal Consorts
This is a list of consorts of list of Serbian monarchs, Serbian monarchs during the history of Serbia. Middle Ages Princess and Queen consorts of Duklja (10th–12th century) Grand Princess consorts of Grand Principality of Serbia, Serbia (1091–1217) Queen consorts of Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346), Serbia and Realm of Stefan Dragutin, Syrmia Nemanjić dynasty (1217–1346) Empress consorts of the Serbian Empire Nemanjić dynasty (1346–73) Magnate era Mrnjavčević family of the Lordship of Prilep (1371–95) Lazarević dynasty of Moravian Serbia (1371–1402) Dejanović noble family of the Domain of the Dejanović family, Principality of Velbazhd (1371–95) Žarković family of the Principality of Valona (1396–1417) Preljubović family of the Despotate of Epirus (1366–85) Branković dynasty of the District of Branković (1371–1412) Balšić noble family of Zeta under the Balšići, Zeta (1371–1421) Crnojević noble family of Zeta under the Crn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српско царство, Srpsko carstvo, separator=" / ", ) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expanded the state. During Dušan's rule, Serbia was one of the most powerful European states and, the most powerful in Southeast Europe. It was an Eastern Orthodox multi-ethnic and multi-lingual empire that stretched from the Danube in the north to the Gulf of Corinth in the south, with its capital in Skopje. Dušan also promoted the Serbian Archbishopric to the Serbian Patriarchate. In the Serbian Empire, the region of Kosovo was the most prosperous and densely populated area, serving as a key political, religious, and cultural center. Dušan's son and successor, Uroš the Weak, struggled to maintain his father's vast empire, gradually losing much of the conquered territory - hence his epithet. The Serbian Empire effectively ended wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexios Raoul (protovestiarios)
Alexios Raoul (; died c. 1258) was a Byzantine aristocrat and general of the Empire of Nicaea. He attained the rank of ''protovestiarios'' during the reign of Emperor John III Vatatzes (r. 1221–1254). Biography Alexios Raoul was the scion of a wealthy aristocratic family with large landholdings around Smyrna, and possibly the son of the ''sebastos'' Constantine Raoul, who had played a role in the usurpation of Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203). He became the son-in-law of Emperor John III Vatatzes (r. 1221–1254), having married a niece of his... Alexios and Vatatzes's niece together had four sons, three of whom are known by name, John, Manuel and Isaac, and one daughter. Under Vatatzes, Alexios was raised to the rank of ''protovestiarios'', and was given command of troops in Macedonia. In 1242, he accompanied the emperor in his campaign against the ruler of Thessalonica, John Komnenos Doukas (r. 1237–1244).. He appears again in 1252, during Vatatzes's wars against the Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eudokia Angelina Doukaina Vatatzaina
Eudoxia (, ''Eudoxía''), Eudokia (, ''Eudokía'', anglicized as Eudocia) or Evdokia is a feminine given name, which originally meant "good fame or judgement" or "she whose fame or judgement is good" in Greek. The Slavic forms of the name are East Slavic: Evdokiya (), Yevdokiya (); South Slavic: Evdokija (Евдокија), Jevdokija (Јевдокија). It was mainly popular in late antiquity and during the Middle Ages, particularly in Eastern Europe. It continues to be in use today, usually in honor of various saints. Eudoxia became the basis for the name Avdotia, which is a popular name for women in Russia. Eudoxia, Eudokia and Eudocia The names Eudoxia, Eudokia, and Eudocia are interchangeable in most cases for the Wikipedia search engine. Saints * Eudoxia of Heliopolis (d. 120), early Christian saint and martyr * Virgin Martyr Eudoxia at Canopus in Egypt - died 311 with sisters Theodota and Theoctiste, mother Athanasia, Saints Cyrus and John * Saint Eudocia: see below ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Family She was married with Andronikos Palaiologos, the ''megas domestikos'' of the Empire of Nicaea.Europäische Stammtafeln Band 3.1, Tafel 198 Theodora and Andronikos had four children: *Maria Palaiologina (monastic name Martha), married with Nikephoros Tarchaneiotes. *Irene Komnene Palaiologina (monastic name Eulogia), wife of John Kantakouzenos; mother of Anna, consort of Epirus and Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene, Empress consort of Bulgaria. *Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223 – 11 December 1282), first Byzantine Emperor of the Palaiologan dynasty. * John Palaiologos (1225/1230 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andronikos Palaiologos (megas Domestikos)
Andronikos Komnenos Palaiologos (;In a seal attributed to him, Andronikos also uses the surname Doukas; he was commonly referred to either as Palaiologos or as Komnenos, the latter inherited from his mother. – 1248/52), was a (commander-in-chief) of the Empire of Nicaea and the father of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty. Life Andronikos was the son of the Alexios Palaiologos (despot), Alexios Palaiologos and Irene Komnene, grandson of Michael Palaiologos (general), Michael Palaiologos, and great-great-grandson of the family's founder, George Palaiologos. He was probably born about 1190, and had another brother, Michael, who was apparently the elder of the two. His mother was daughter of Alexios Komnenos, son of Adrianos Komnenos (died 1105), younger brother of Alexios I Komnenos, and wife (aft. October 1081) Zoe Doukaina (1062 - c. 1136), daughter of Constantine X Doukas and wife Eudokia Makrembolitissa. Nothing is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Metochites
George Metochites (; c. 1250 – 1328) was an archdeacon in Constantinople during the 1270s and early 1280s, and an important, fervent supporter of the Union of the Greek and Latin Churches that was agreed to at the Second Council of Lyons (1274). Life Of Metochites' early years, nothing is known. He first appears in George Pachymeres' ''History'' in the year 1273 as one of a small group of clerics who backed the Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos's negotiations for ecclesial union with Rome. Following the Council of Lyons, he served for a time as Michael's ambassador at the papal courts of Gregory X, Innocent V, John XXI, and Nicholas III; among other things, he argued, unsuccessfully, for a joint Greek-Latin crusade against the Turks. After the Union of Lyons was dissolved following the Emperor Michael's death (December 1282), Metochites, along with the patriarch John Bekkos and the archdeacon Constantine Meliteniotes, found himself in political disfavor; anti-unionist councils a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Raoulaina
Theodora Palaiologina Kantakouzene Raoulaina (, 1240–1300) was a Byzantine noblewoman, the niece of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–1282). Widowed twice, she clashed with her uncle over his unionist religious policies, and became a nun. She also restored the monastery of Saint Andrew in Krisei, to where she transferred the relics of Patriarch Arsenios Autoreianos. Highly educated, she was a prominent member of the capital's literary circles at the close of the 13th century. Biography Family and early life Theodora was born in the Empire of Nicaea, the third daughter of John Kantakouzenos and Irene Komnene Palaiologina. Her father was '' pinkernes'' and later '' doux'' of the Thracesian theme, while her mother was the second daughter of the ''megas domestikos'' Andronikos Palaiologos and thus the sister of the future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–1282). After her husband died (some time before 1257), she became a nun by the name Eulogia.. Theodora h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Raoul Petraliphas
John Komnenos Raoul Doukas Angelos Petraliphas (; died ) was a Byzantine noble and military commander during the reign of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos (). Life John Raoul Petraliphas was the eldest son of Alexios Raoul and an unnamed niece of the Emperor of Nicaea John III Vatatzes (). He had three other brothers, of which two are known by name, the '' pinkernes'' Manuel and Isaac.. The Raoul, as all families of the traditional aristocracy, suffered under Theodore II Laskaris () who sought to reduce the nobility's power and influence. Laskaris instead favoured men of humble origin, chief among them the Mouzalon brothers. One of John's sisters was married to the emperor's protégé, George Mouzalon, while John and his brothers were imprisoned (the exact date is not clear). Consequently, the family actively supported the murder the Mouzalon brothers in 1258, following Theodore II's death. After the subsequent usurpation of Michael VIII Palaiologos (), they were rewarded with high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina
Theodora Doukaina Komnene Palaiologina (; – 4 March 1303), also known as Theodora Vatatzaina (), was the empress consort of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. Life Theodora was a daughter of John Doukas and Eudokia Angelina. Her paternal grandfather was ''sebastokrator'' Isaac Doukas Vatatzes (died 1261), the older brother of the Nicaean emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes (). Theodora's maternal grandfather was ''protostrator'' John Angelos; his name indicates he was a member of the Angelos family, but his exact relations to the reigning members of the family are not known. Empress of Nicaea Acropolites mentions that the father of Theodora died in young adulthood. Her mother died in the early 1250s. Leaving Theodora to be raised by her great-uncle John III who was said to have "loved her like a daughter". In 1253, John III arranged the marriage of Theodora to Michael Palaiologos, who had been steadily rising in distinction due to a combination of familial connections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1261 until his death in 1282, and previously as the co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea from 1259 to 1261. Michael VIII was the founder of the Palaiologos, Palaiologan dynasty that would rule the Byzantine Empire until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. He Reconquest of Constantinople, recovered Constantinople from the Latin Empire in 1261 and transformed the Empire of Nicaea into a Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty, restored Byzantine Empire. His reign saw considerable recovery of Byzantine power, including the enlargement of the Byzantine army and Byzantine navy, navy. It also included the reconstruction of the city of Constantinople, and the increase of its population. His re-establishment of the University of Constantinople contributed to the Palaeologan Renaissance, a cultural flowering between the 13th and 15th centuries. It was also at this time that the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Metochites
Theodore Metochites (; 1270–1332) was a Byzantine Greek statesman, author, gentleman philosopher, and patron of the arts. From c. 1305 to 1328 he held the position of personal adviser ('' mesazōn'') to emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos. Life Metochites was born in Constantinople as the son of the archdeacon George Metochites, a fervent supporter of the union of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. After the Council of Blachernae in 1285, his father was condemned and exiled, and Metochites seems to have spent his adolescence in the monastic milieux of Bithynia in Asia Minor. He devoted himself to studies of both secular and religious authors. When Andronicus II visited Nicaea in 1290/91, Metochites made such an impression on him that he was immediately called to the court and made Logothete of the Herds. Little more than a year later, he was appointed a Senator. Besides carrying out his political duties (embassies to Cilicia in 1295 and to Serbia , image_flag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
