Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)
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{{Infobox royalty
| consort = yes
| name = Anna of Hungary
| image =
| succession = Byzantine Empress consort
| reign = 1273–1281
| birth_date = {{circa|1260}}
| death_date = 1281
| issue = Michael IX Palaiologos
Constantine Palaiologos
| house = Árpád
| spouse = Andronikos II Palaiologos
| father = Stephen V of Hungary
| mother = Elizabeth the Cuman
| religion = Eastern Orthodox,
prev. Roman Catholic
}}
Anna of HungaryIn Greek: Ἄννα; in Hungarian: Anna; in Croatian: Ana ({{circa}} 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.{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1962|p=922}} Anna was granddaughter of Béla IV of Hungary.
On 8 November 1273, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos.{{sfn|Previte-Orton|1962|p=922}}
File:Andronikos II and Michael IX basilikon.jpg and her son Michael IX.]]
According to George Pachymeres, the couple had two children:
- Michael IX Palaiologos{{sfn|Giannouli|2013|p=206}}
- Constantine Palaiologos, despotes.
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
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|1= 1. Anna of Hungary
|2= 2. Stephen V of Hungary
|3= 3. Elizabeth the Cuman
|4= 4. Béla IV of Hungary
|5= 5. Maria Laskarina
|6= 6. Köten
|8= 8. Andrew II of Hungary
|9= 9. Gertrude of Merania
|10= 10. Theodore I Laskaris
|11= 11. Anna Angelina
|12= 12. Suthoi, Khan of Cumania
|16= 16. Béla III of Hungary
|17= 17. Agnes of Antioch
|18= 18. Berthold IV, Duke of Merania
|19= 19. Agnes of Rochlitz
|20= 20. Manuel Laskaris
|21= 21. Ioanna Karatzaina
|22= 22. Alexios III Angelos
|23= 23. Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera
}}
References
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Sources
{{Portal|Byzantine Empire}}
- {{cite book |chapter=Coronation Speeches in the Palaiologan Period |first=Antonia |last=Giannouli |title=Court Ceremonies and Rituals of Power in Byzantium and the Medieval Mediterranean |editor-first1=Alexander |editor-last1=Beihammer |editor-first2=Stavroula |editor-last2=Constantinou |editor-first3=Maria |editor-last3=Parani |publisher=Brill |year=2013 }}
- {{cite book |title=The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History |volume=II |first=C.W. |last=Previte-Orton |publisher=Cambridge at the University Press |year=1962 }}
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{{s-bef|before=Theodora Palaiologina}}
{{s-ttl|title=Byzantine Empress|years=1273–1281
|regent1=Theodora Palaiologina|years1=1273–1281}}
{{s-aft|after=Theodora Palaiologina}}
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Category:13th-century Byzantine empresses
Category:People of Cuman descent