Irene Palaiologina

1259 – ? · Generation XXXV · Empress · Palaiologos

Irene. Empress. Married Ivan around AD 1278. Eldest daughter of Michael VIII; wife of Ivan Asen III, empress consort of Bulgaria.

Place in the family

• Irene Palaiologina was a 5× great-granddaughter of Alexios I Komnenos.
• The archive records 14 of her descendants, across 6 generations.

One of 19 people of Palaiologos (1190–1503) in this archive. The last and longest-lived house — it retook the city in 1261 and lost it in 1453.

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.

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Parents

• Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223 – 1282)
• Theodora Palaiologina (1240 – 1303)

Siblings

• Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259 – 1332)

Partners

• Married Ivan Asen (1259 – 1303) in 1278 — one child together

Children

• Andronikos Asen (1278 – 1322)

Life

• 1259 — Born
• 1278 — Married Ivan