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Eirene Komnene

Also Known As: "nun Eugenia"
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Death: circa 1203
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Daughter of Ióannés Kantakouzènos and Maria Komnene
Wife of megadux Alexios Palaiologos
Mother of Andronikos Palaiologos, governor-general and Mikhael Palaiologos
Sister of Manuel Kantakouzènos

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About Eirene Komnene

-http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTIUM%2012611453.htm#EireneKant...

3. IOANNES Kantakouzenos ([1110/20]-killed in battle Myriokephalon 17 Sep 1176). Pansébastos sébastos. Military commander in the west 1150/70. The record of the synod of 2 Mar 1166 records the presence of “...genero...regis sebasto domino Joanne Cantacuzeno...”[449]. The record of the synod of 6 Mar 1166 records the presence of “...pansebasto sebasto et genero...nostri regis domino Joanne Cantacuzeno...”[450]. m ([1145/50]%29 as her second husband, MARIA Komnene, widow of THEODOROS Dasiotes, daughter of ANDRONIKOS Komnenos, sébastokrator & his wife Eirene [Aineiadissa] ([1126]-). Ioannes Kinnamos records that "Ioannes cognomento…Cantacuzenus" married "Andronici sebastocratoris filiam"[451]. Ioannes Kantakouzenos & his wife had [two] children:

a) MANUEL Kantakouzenos . Ioannes Kinnamos records that "Ioanni Contacuzene…filius erat Manuel"[452]. He was imprisoned and blinded by Emperor Manuel I before 1175[453]. Niketas Choniates names "Manuel Cantacuzenus"[454]. According to Sturdza[455], he was blinded in 1180.
b) [EIRENE Komnene . The wife of Alexios Doukas Palaiologos is named Eirene Komnene, and a poem discloses that Eirene Komnene, daughter of Ioannes Kantakouzenos & his wife Maria Komnene daughter of sébastocrator Andronikos married an unnamed Palaiologos. It is assumed that the two women are the same person[456]. She is not mentioned by Nicol[457] or Trapp[458]. m (c1165) ALEXIOS Doukas Palaiologos, son of [MIKHAEL Doukas Palaiologos, sébastos & his wife ---].]



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-http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTINE%20NOBILITY.htm#TheodorosD...

THEODOROS Dasiotes (-Iconium [1143/44]). He died in prison. (1139) as her first husband, MARIA Komnene, daughter of ANDRONIKOS Komnenos sébastokrator & his wife Eirene [Aineiadissa] ([1126]-). Niketas Choniates names "Maria…Andronici sebastacrator…filia" as wife of "Dasiotes"[204]. Theodoros Dasiotes & his wife had one child:

a) EIRENE Komnene Dasiotissa. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m ALEXIOS Palaiologos Doukas, son of ---. The connection between this individual and either the Palaiologos or Doukas families has not been found.



http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTIUM%2012611453.htm#Palaiologo...

ALEXIOS Doukas Palaiologos ([1140]-before 1203). Megadux. He became a monk as ANTONIOS.
m ( [1165] ) EIRENE Komnene, daughter of IOANNES Kantakouzenos & his wife Maria Komnene. The wife of Alexios Doukas Palaiologos is named Eirene Komnene, and a poem discloses that Eirene Komnene, daughter of Ioannes Kantakouzenos & his wife Maria Komnene daughter of sébastocrator Andronikos married an unnamed Palaiologos. It is assumed that the two women are the same person[31]. She is not mentioned by Nicol[32] or Trapp[33]. She became a nun as EUGENIA. Alexios Palaiologos & his wife had two children:

  • a) MIKHAEL Palaiologos (-in prison after 1257). ... ... m ---. The name of Mikhael's wife is not known. Mikhael & his wife had one child:
  • *i) ANDRONIKOS Palaiologos (-1279). ... ... m as her second husband, --- Raulaina, widow of ANDRONIKOS Mouzalon, daughter of ALEXIOS Raul & his wife --- Batatzaina. ... ...
  • b) ANDRONIKOS Doukas Komnenos Palaiologos ([1190]-Thessaloniki [1248/52]).. -

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