Anna Palaiologina (daughter of Andronikos Angelos Palaiologos)
Anna Palaiologina (
Lord of Valona, John Komnenos Asen
.
Life
She was a daughter of a
Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.[1] She married the despot of Epirus, John II Orsini, in c. 1323. Together the couple had a son, Nikephoros, and a daughter, Thomais.[2]
She poisoned her husband in 1337, and assumed the regency over her underage son, only for Epirus to be invaded and annexed by the Byzantines in 1338.Thessalonica, from where she escaped in 1341. She managed to reach the Epirote capital of Arta, but the local Byzantine governor, John Angelos, placed her under house arrest.[2]
When Epirus was conquered by the
lord of Valona, John Komnenos Asen. Sometime after c. 1363 she went to live with her daughter Thomais and her son-in-law, Simeon Uroš, at the latter's capital of Trikala.[2]
References
Sources
- Trapp, Erich; Beyer, Hans-Veit; Walther, Rainer; Sturm-Schnabl, Katja; Kislinger, Ewald; Leontiadis, Ioannis; Kaplaneres, Sokrates (1976–1996). ISBN 3-7001-3003-1.