Rita

1278 – ? · Generation XXXVI · Empress

Rita (b. AD 1278). Empress. Married Michael around AD 1294. Armenian princess renamed Maria; wife of Michael IX; mother of Andronikos III.

Place in the family

• Rita married Michael IX Palaiologos, a 6× great-grandson of Alexios I Komnenos.
• The archive records 12 of her descendants, across 5 generations.

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Partners

• Married Michael IX Palaiologos (1277 – 1320) in 1294 — one child together

Children

• Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297 – 1341)

Life

• 1278 — Born
• 1294 — Married Michael