Byzant 8

The Palaiologos family
The early generations of this family are confused and uncertain. The first certain ancestor is one Andronikos Dukas Komnenos Palaiologos, Gov of Thessalonica, +after 1246; m.his cousin Theodora Palaiologina; they had issue:

A1. MICHAÉL VIII Dukas Komnenos Palaiologos, Emperor of Byzantium (1259-82), *1224/5, +1282; m.1253 Theodora Dukaina Batatzaina (*1240 +1303)
- B1. Manuel, *1254/7, +ca 1259
- B2. ANDRONIKOS II Palaiologos, Emp of Byzantium (1282-1328), *25.3.1259, +Monte Athos 13.2.1332; 1m: 1273 Anna (+1281/2) dau.of King Stephen V of Hungary; 2m: 1285 Yolanda=Eirene of Montferrat (*1274 +1317)
  - C1. [1m.] MICHAÉL IX Palaiologos, co-emperor of Byzantium (1295-1320), *1277, +12.10.1320; m.1295 Rita of Armenia (*1278 +VII.1333)
    - D1. ANDRONIKOS III Palaiologos, Emp of Byzantium (1328-41), *1296, +15.7.1341; 1m: 1318 Adelaide=Eirene von Braunschweig (+1324); 2m: 1326 Joanna=Anna of Savoy (*1306 +1359/60) - Regent of Byzantium (1341-47)
      - E1. a son, *and +1321
      - E2. IÓANNÉS V Palaiologos, Emp of Byzantium (1341-76)+(1379-91) -cr.19.11.1341, *18.6.1332, +Blachernai Palace, Constantinople 16.2.1391; m.Blachernai 28/29.5.1347 Helene Kantkouzene (*1333 +1396)
        F1. ANDRONIKOS IV Palaiologos, Emp of Byzantium (12.8.1376-VII.1379) -cr St.Sophia 18.10.1377, *Constantinople 11.4.1348, +28.6.1385; m.ca 1365 Maria (Keratza) of Bulgaria (*ca 1348 +1390)
        G1. IÓANNÉS VII Palaiologos, co-emperor of Byzantium (1390)+(1398-1402), *1370, +1408; m.before 1397 Eirene Gattilusaina (+1440)
        H1. ANDRONIKOS V, co-Emp of Byzantium, +ca 1408, aged 7
        
        F2. MANUEL II Palaiologos, Emp of Byzantium (16.2.1391-1425) -cr St.Sophia 11.2.1392, *17.6.1350, +after effects of a sroke as the mink Matthew 21.7.1425, bur Church of the Pantokrator, Constantinople; m.St.Sophia 10.2.1392 Jelena Dragas, Regent of Constantinople (*ca 1375/77, +as the nun Hypomone 23.3.1450), dau.of Konstantine Dragas, a Serbian noble
        G1. IÓANNÉS VIII Palaiologos, co-Emp of Byzantium (1421-25), Emperor (1425-48), *16.12.1392, +31.10.1448; 1m: 1409 Anna of Moscow (*1393 +1417); 2m: 1421 (div 1426) Sophia of Montferrat (*1396 +1437); 3m: 1427 Maria Komnene (+1439) dau.of Emp Alexios of Trapezunt
        G2. Konstantinos Palaiologos, *1393/7, +1400/5
        G3. Theodoros Palaiologos, Despot of Achaia, a scholar and mathematician, *1394/99, +1448; m.1421 Cleofa Malatesta (+1433), dau.of Malatesta di Malatesa of Pesaro and Fano by Elisabetta Varano
        H1. Helene, *1428, +11.4.1458; m.1441 Jean III de Lusignan, King of Cyprus (*16.5.1418 +28.7.1458)
        
        G4. Andronikos Palaiologos, despot of Thessalonica, later became a monk, *1400, +1428; m.NN
        H1. Ioannes Palaiologos
        
        G5. KONSTANTINOS XI "Dragasés" Palaiologos, Emp of Byzantium (1448-53), *1405, +1453; 1m: 1428 Maddalena-Theodora Tocco (+1429), dau.of Leonardo II Lord of Zante; 2m: 27.7.1441 Aikatherina Gateliusaina (+1442)
        G6. Michael Palaiologos, *1406/7, +1409/10
        G7. Demetrios Palaiologos, Despot of Mistra, etc, *1407/08, +1470; 1m: 1436 Zoe Paraspondylina (+1440), dau.of Megas dux Paraspondylos; 2m: 1441 Theodora Asanina (+1470/71)
        H1. Helene, *1442, +1470, taken into the harem of Sultan Muhammed II, later released
        
        G8. Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of Morea, titular Emperor of Byzantium, *1409/10, +1465; m.1430 Aikaterina Zachariaina, Bss of Arcadia (+1462), dau.of Centurion Asen Zaccaria Prince of Achaia
        H1. Andreas Palaiologos, titular Despot of Morea, *1453, +1502; m.Caterina N
        I1. Konstantinos Paleologo, commander of the papal guard
        
        H2. Manuel Palaiologos, *1455, +ca 1512
        I1. Ioannes Palaiologos
        I2. Andreas, became a Moslem
        
        H3. Helene, +1473; m.1446 Lazar Brankovic (+1458)
        H4. Zoe-Sofia, *1448/51, +Moscow 7.4.1503; m.Moscow 12.11.1472 Great Pr Ivan III of Moscow (*22.1.1440 +27.10.1505)
        
        G9. [illegitimate] Isabella=Zabia; m.1392 Hilarion Doria (*1372, +1423)
        
        F3. Theodoros Palaiologos, Despot of the Peloponnese (1382-1407), *1351, +Mistra 1407; m.Bartholomaia Acciacjuoli (+1397), daughter and heiress of Nerio Acciajuoli, Lord of Corinth
        G1. [illegitimate] a daughter; m.1404 Emir Suleiman (+1410)
        
        F4. Michael Palaiologos, styled Despot, *after 1351, +?; m.N, a dau.of Pr Dobrotich of Varna
        F5. Eirene Palaiologina, *1349, +after 1363; m.her Turkish cousin Halil of Bithynia (+ca 1362/63)
        F6. [illegitimate] Manuel Palaiologos, +after 1422
      - E3. Michael Palaiologos, *1337, +ca 1370
      - E4. Theodoros Palaiologos, Gov of Lemnos, +after 10.8.1405
      - E5. Eirene Palaiologina, *1327, +after 1356; m.Adrianople 1336 Michael Asen of Bulgaria (+1354)
      - E6. [2m.] Maria Palaiologina, heiress of Lesbos, +during earthquake 6.8.1384/1401; m.ca 1355 Francesco Gattilusio, Archon of Lesbos (+6.8.1384)
      - E7. Theodora Palaiologina, +ca 1376; m. N Philanthropenos
      - E8. [illegitimate] Eirene, Empress of Trapezunt (1341), +1341; m.1335 (div 1339) Emp Basileios I Komnenos of Trapezunt (+1340)
    - D2. Manuel Palaiologos, +killed by soldiers 1319
    - D3. Anna Despoina Palaiologina, +1321; 1m: 1313 Thomas Angelos, Despot of Epirus and Aetolia (+1318); 2m: 1318 Nikolaos Orsini, Ct of Cephallenia
    - D4. Theodora Palaiologina; 1m: 1320 Tsar Todor Swetoslav of Bulgaria (+1321); 2m: after VIII.1324 Tsar Michael III of Bulgaria (+1330)
  - C2. [1m.] Konstantinos Palaiologos, despot of Thessalonica, +after 1329; 1m: 1295 Theodora Muzalon; 2m: Eudokia Neokaisareitissa
    - D1. [illegitimate] Michael Katharos
  - C3. [2m.] Ioannes Palaiologos, Despot of Thessalonica, *1286, +1307; m.1303 Eirene Chumnaina (*1292, +1360)
  - C4. [2m.] Theodoros Palaiologos, Marquis de Montferrat (1306-38), *Constantinople 1291, +Casale 21.4.1338, he inherted his mothers margravate of Montferrat; m.Hagia Sophia, Constantinople IX.1307 Argentina Spinola (+before 1338), dau.of Obizino di Corrado Spinola, Duke of Genoa by Violante di Saluzzo; for his issue see HERE
  - C5. [2m.] Demetrios Angelodukas Palaiologos, +after 1343
  - C6. [2m.] Bartholomaios, +young
  - C7. [2m.] Isaakios, +young
  - C8. [2m.] Theodora, +young
  - C9. [2m.] Simonis, *1292/93, +after 1336; m.1300 King Stepan Uros II of Serbia (+29.10.1321)
  - C10. [illegitimate] Maria; m.Tochtu Khan of the Golden Horde
  - C11. [illegitimate] Eirene; m.1315 Ioannes Dukas Angelos, Archon of Neiapatrai
- B3. Konstantinos Dukas Palaiologos, *ca 1261, +1306; m.1291 Eirene Raulaina
  - C1. Ioannes Komnenos Palaiologos, despot of Macedonia, *1291, +1327; m.Eirene Metochitissa
    - D1. Maria Palaiologina, *1313/14, +1355; m.1325/26 King Stepan Uros III of Raska-Serbia (+1331)
- B4. Theodoros Palaiologos, +after 1310; m.ca 1293 N, a dau.of Libadarios
- B5. Eirene Palaiologina; m.1278 Tsar Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria (+ca 1302)
- B6. Anna Komnene Palaiologina, *1260, +1299/1300; m.1278 Demetrios Michael Angelos
- B7. Eudokia Palaiologina, +1302; m.1282 Ioannes II Komnenos, Emp of Trapezunt (+1297)
- B8. Theodora Palaiologina; m.1254 King David VI of Georgia (+1293)
- B9. [illegitimate] Euphrosyne=Eirene; m.1266 Nogaj Chan of the Golden Horde (+1293)
- B10. [illegitimate] Maria Palaiologina; m.1265 Abaka, Ilchan of Iran (+1282); 2m: the Turkish Pr Charbanden
A2. Ioannes Komnenos Palaiologos, +1274; 1m: N Philantropene; 2m: ca 1259 N Tornikaine
- B1. Konstantinos Tornikes Palaiologos
- B2. Anna Palaiologina, +1280; m.ca 1267 Nikolaos Maliasenos (+1280)
A3. Konstantinos Palaiologos, +1271; m.1259/60 Eirene Branaina (+1271)
- B1. Michael Palaiologos, a monk, +ca 1321
- B2. Andronikos Palaiologos; m.Anna Tarchaneiotissa
- B3. Maria Palaiologina; m.Isaakios Tornikes
- B4. a daughter; m.Tsar Smilec of Bulgaria
- B5. Theodora Palaiologina; m.Ioannes Synadenos
A4. Maria Palaiologina, *1216; m.ca 1237 Nikephoros Tarchaneiotes
A5. Eirene Palaiologina, *1218, +1284; m.before 1240 Ioannes Kantakuzenos (+before 1257)

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