Helena Kantakouzene
1333 – 1396 · Generation XXXVIII · Empress · Kantakouzenos
Helena (AD 1333 – 1396). Empress. Married John around AD 1347. Daughter of John VI; wife of John V Palaiologos.
One of 2 people of Kantakouzenos (from 1001) in this archive. A rival house raised by civil war, which ruled beside the Palaiologoi.
Line of descent: Manuel Komnenos → John Komnenos → Alexios I Komnenos → Theodora Komnene → Andronikos Angelos Doukas → Alexios III Angelos → Irene Angelina → Theodora Palaiologina → Michael VIII Palaiologos → Irene Palaiologina → Andronikos Asen → Irene Asanina → Helena Kantakouzene.
Parents
- John VI Kantakouzenos (1292 – 1383)
- Irene Asanina (1297 – ?)
Siblings
- Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325 – 1383)
Partners
- Married John V Palaiologos (1332 – 1391) in 1347 — 2 children together
Children
- Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348 – 1385)
- Manuel II Palaiologos (1350 – 1425)
Life
- 1333 — Born
- 1347 — Married John
- 1396 — Died