Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)

For other Annas of Hungary, see Anna of Hungary (disambiguation).

Anna of Hungary (c. 1260 – 1281) was a Princess of Hungary and Croatia, the daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Cuman.[1]

On 8 November 1273, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos.

According to George Pachymeres, the couple had two children:

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.

Ancestry

External links

  1. Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of Árpád dynasty, including her and her siblings". Genealogy.EU. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. Cawley, Charles, Her listing along with her siblings. The project "involves extracting and analysing detailed information from primary sources, including contemporary chronicles, cartularies, necrologies and testaments.", Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012
Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)
Born: c. 1260 Died: 1281
Royal titles
Preceded by
Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina
Byzantine Empress
1273–1281
with Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina (1273–1281)
Succeeded by
Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina
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