Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress) explained

Consort:yes
Anna of Hungary
Succession:Byzantine Empress consort
Reign:1273–1281
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 Hungary[1] (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. Anna was granddaughter of Béla IV of Hungary.

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

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Notes and References

  1. In Greek: Ἄννα; in Hungarian: Anna; in Croatian: Ana