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Helena Dragaš (Serbian: Јелена Драгаш, romanized: Jelena Dragaš; Greek: Ἑλένη Δραγάση, romanized: Helénē Dragásē; c. 1372 – 23 March 1450) was the empress consort of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos.
Helena Dragaš was the empress consort of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos. She served as regent after the death of her son John VIII in 1448 until 1449. She is born into the Serbian Dejanović noble family.
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Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Helena Dragas (fl. 1400)Byzantine empress. Name variations: Dragases. Born in Serbia; flourished in 1400; married Manuel II Paleologus, emperor of Nicaea (r. 1391–1425); children: John VIII Paleologus (1391–1448), emperor of Nicaea (r. 1425–1448); Theodore II; Andronicus; Constantine XI ...
Helena Dragaš (Serbian: Јелена Драгаш, romanized: Jelena Dragaš; Greek: Ἑλένη Δραγάση, romanized: Helénē Dragásē; c. 1372 – 23 March 1450) was the empress consort of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos.
On 23 March 1450, Helena Dragaš died. She was highly respected among the Byzantines and was mourned deeply. Gemistus Pletho, the Moreot philosopher previously at Constantine's court in the Morea, and Gennadios Scholarios, future Patriarch of Constantinople, both wrote funeral orations praising her.
Dec 20, 2013 · A grand-niece of the great Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan, and daughter of one of the last great lords of the remnants of the Serbian Empire in Central Greece, she would be the last empress-mother of Byzantium, and the mother of the last Palaeologi. Her granddaughter, following her example, would become the last Despoina of Serbia.
Helena, possibly named after her great-grandmother Empress Helena Dragaš, [2] was the eldest surviving child of Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, and his second wife Sophia Palaiologina, niece of the last Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. [3] . Helena was an older sister of Grand Prince of Moscow Vasili III of Moscow.
