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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 ...
The Palaiologos family may have originated in the Anatolic Theme in central Anatolia. The origins of the Palaiologos family are unclear. According to several later oral traditions, the family had originated in Italy, supposedly in the city of Viterbo.
- 11th century, 1259 (as imperial family)
She was the Byzantine-born wife of Ivan III, the first tsarina of Russia . She had an enormous influence on the tsar, bringing openness and Byzantine elements to the court. Background. Lived: 1440-1503. Zoe Palaiologina was the niece of the last Byzantine Emperor Constantinus XII.
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. Source for information on Paleologue ...
Sophia of Byzantium was born Zoë Palaeologus in 1448, during difficult times, the daughter of Thomas Paleologus, despot of Morea, and Catherine of Achaea . The first half of the 15th century witnessed the overrunning of the once wealthy and highly civilized Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Turks.
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 ...
Apr 19, 2013 · Sophia was a niece of Constantine XI, the last Eastern Roman Emperor, and Ivan could claim to be the heir of the fallen Eastern Roman Empire.