Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)

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

Anna of Hungary
Byzantine Empress consort
Tenure1273–1281
Bornc. 1260
Died1281
SpouseAndronikos II Palaiologos
IssueMichael IX Palaiologos
Constantine Palaiologos
HouseÁrpád
FatherStephen V of Hungary
MotherElizabeth the Cuman
ReligionEastern Orthodox,
prev. Roman Catholic

Anna of Hungary[1] (c. 1260–1281) was a Princess of Hungary and Croatia, and a Byzantine Empress by marriage to Andronikos II Palaiologos.

She was the daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Cuman.[2] Anna was granddaughter of Béla IV of Hungary.

On 8 November 1273, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos.[2]

Coin of 1304–20 depicting Jesus on one side, and on the other, Anna's widower Andronikos II and her son Michael IX.

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. Anna's sister Elisabeth and Simonida (a daughter of Anna's husband by his second wife) both married King Stefan Milutin of Serbia.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ In Greek: Ἄννα; in Hungarian: Anna; in Croatian: Ana
  2. ^ a b Previte-Orton 1962, p. 922.
  3. ^ Giannouli 2013, p. 206.

Sources

  • Giannouli, Antonia (2013). "Coronation Speeches in the Palaiologan Period". In Beihammer, Alexander; Constantinou, Stavroula; Parani, Maria (eds.). Court Ceremonies and Rituals of Power in Byzantium and the Medieval Mediterranean. Brill.
  • Previte-Orton, C.W. (1962). The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. II. Cambridge at the University Press.
Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)
Born: c. 1260 Died: 1281
Royal titles
Preceded by Byzantine Empress
1273–1281
with Theodora Palaiologina (1273–1281) 		Succeeded by