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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. Through her eldest son, Vasili III, she was the grandmother of Ivan IV, the first crowned tsar of all Russia.
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. Zoe Paleologue was the daughter of ...
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The contemporary historian George Sphrantzes, who described the life of Thomas Palaiologos in detail, wrote on the birth of Andreas Palaiologos on 17 January 1453 that the boy was "a continuator and heir" of the Palaiologan lineage, a phrase which makes little sense if Andreas was not Thomas's first-born son. Legacy
- 11th century, 1259 (as imperial family)
Sophia of Byzantium (1448–1503)Russian empress, niece of the last two Byzantine emperors, and second wife of Ivan III, grand prince of Moscow. Name variations: Sofia or Sophie Paleologa, Paleologue, or Paleologos; Sophia Palaeologus; Zoë or Zoe Palaeologus. Born Zoë Paleologus in Byzantium in 1448; died in Moscow on April 7, 1503; daughter ...
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However, Sophia's life changed when Paul II took the papal throne, who wanted her to enter into a political marriage. The princess was wooed to the Moscow prince Ivan III, hoping that Orthodox Rus' will convert to Catholicism. Sophia, who came from the Byzantine imperial family, was sent by Paul to Moscow as the heiress of Constantinople.
Sophia Palaiologina. 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 second wife of Ivan III of Russia.
