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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. She served as ...
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, possibly named after her great-grandmother Empress Helena Dragaš, 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. Helena was an older sister of Grand Prince of Moscow Vasili III of Moscow.
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 (Serbian: Јелена Драгаш, Jelena Dragaš, Greek: Ἑλένη Δραγάση, 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. She served as regent after the death of her son John VIII in 1448 until 1449. Later in ...
Jan 1, 2014 · Abstract. Helena Dragaš Paleologina, a Serbian Princess and Empress of Byzantium Guided by its political interests toward the end of the 14th century, the Byzantine Empire was forced to form ...
