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Irene of Brunswick, born Adelheid, (Greek: Ειρήνη; c. 1293 – 16/17 August 1324) was the first wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos, and by marriage Byzantine empress, although she died before her husband became senior emperor. Biography. She was a daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Agnes of Meissen.
Irene of Brunswick (fl. 1300s)Byzantine (Nicaean) empress. Name variations: Adelheid of Brunswick; Adelheid-Irene of Brunswick. Flourished in the 1300s; first wife of Andronikos also spelled Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine (Nicaean) emperor (r. 1328–1341).
In March 1318, Andronikos married Irene of Brunswick, daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. In c. 1321 she gave birth to a son, who died in infancy. In 1320, Andronikos accidentally caused the death of his brother Manuel, after which their father, co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos , died in his grief.
He joined John Cantacuzenus against the government at Constantinople, and in a civil war forced the abdication of Andronicus II. He married Irene of Brunswick (d. 1324), then Jeanne (later Anne) of Savoy (1326). Source for information on Andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor: New Catholic Encyclopedia dictionary.
Andronicus III's first wife was Irene of Brunswick. Born into an important Italian noble family, Anne was the daughter of Count Amadeus V of Savoy, a region in what is now southeastern France, bordering on Italy. She was betrothed and married to Emperor Andronicus III of Byzantium at the age of six, a not-uncommon age for royal brides.
Irene of Brunswick, born Adelheid, (c. 1293 – 16/17 August 1324) was the first wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos, and by marriage Empress of Constantinople, although she died before her husband became sole Emperor. She was a daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Agnes of Meissen.
Irene of Brunswick, born Adelheid, (Greek: Ειρήνη; c. 1293 – 16/17 August 1324) was the first wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos, and by marriage Empress of Constantinople, although she died before her husband became sole Emperor. Biography. She was a daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Agnes of Meissen.
