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Sophia Fominichna Palaiologina or Paleologue (Russian: София Фоминична Палеолог, romanized: Sofiya Fominichna Paleolog; born Zoe Palaiologina; Medieval Greek: Ζωή Παλαιολογίνα; c. 1449 – 7 April 1503) was a Byzantine princess from the Palaiologos imperial dynasty and the grand princess of Moscow as the ...
Encyclopedia of Russian History. PALEOLOGUE, SOPHIA (d. 1503) niece of the last two Byzantine emperors and the second wife of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow. Sophia Paleologue (Zoe) improved the Russian Grand Prince's international standing through her dynastic status and promoted Byzantine symbolism and ceremony at the Russian court.
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The House of Palaiologos ( pl. Palaiologoi; Greek: Παλαιολόγος, pl. Παλαιολόγοι, female version Palaiologina; Greek: Παλαιολογίνα ), also found in English-language literature as Palaeologus or Palaeologue, was a Byzantine Greek noble family that rose to power and produced the last and longest-ruling dynasty in the history of the Byzantine Empire.
- 11th century, 1259 (as imperial family)
Sophia Fominichna Palaiologina or Paleologue was a Byzantine princess from the Palaiologos imperial dynasty and the grand princess of Moscow as the second wife of Ivan III of Russia. Her father was Thomas Palaiologos, the despot of the Morea.
Born Zoë Paleologus in Byzantium in 1448; died in Moscow on April 7, 1503; daughter of Thomas Paleologus, despot of Morea, and Catherine of Achaea (d. 1465); niece of Constantine XI (r. 1448–1453), Byzantine emperor; educated in Rome; became second wife of Ivan III the Great (1440–1505), grand prince of Moscow (r. 1462–1505), on November 12, 147...
Sep 27, 2020 · These changes also occurred after he married Sophia Paleologue of Constantinople, who had brought court and religious rituals from the Byzantine Empire. He stripped the boyars of their localized and state power and essentially created a sovereign state that paid homage to Moscow.
Feb 23, 2022 · February 23, 2022. Morea, Greece 1449: Princess Zofia Paleolog is born to Prince Thomas of the Byzantine Empire and Catherine Zaccaria of Genoa. She is the second of four children and the couple's second daughter. Sofia or Zofia was born in the Peloponnesian region of Greece into the byzantine royal family. 1453, Fall of an empire: When Zoe was ...
