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Irene Ε?ρ?νη Παλαιολογ?να
Empress consort of Bulgaria

Born	1327 Byzantine Empire
Died	c. 1399
Burial	Mesembria
Spouse	Michael Asen IV of Bulgaria
Father	Andronikos III Palaiologos
Mother	Anna of Savoy

Irene Palaiologina ( Greek : Ε?ρ?νη Παλαιολογ?να ; 1327 ? after 1356) was a Byzantine princess and Bulgarian empress consort . ^[1] She was also known as Maria Palaiologina (Μαρ?α Παλαιολογ?να).

Her parents were Andronikos III Palaiologos and Anna of Savoy , whilst her siblings were John V Palaiologos ^[2] and Michael Palaiologos . ^[3]

She married in 1336 Tsar Michael Asen IV of Bulgaria . In 1355, her husband was killed in battle with the Ottoman Turks near Sofia . Irene decide to stay a nun in the monastery in Mesembria (today Nesebar ) and take the name Matiasa. She died around 1399 and was buried in Mesembria.

Nothing else is known about her, except that she was an Orthodox Christian .

References [ edit ]

^ Georgios Phrantzes Liber I, 8, p. 39.
^ Nicol, Donald M. (1993). The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261?1453 (Second ed.). London: Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd. ISBN 0-246-10559-3 .
^ Guilland, Rodolphe (1959). "Recherches sur l'histoire administrative de l'Empire byzantin: Le despote, δεσπ?τη?" . Revue des etudes byzantines (in French). 17 : 52?89. doi : 10.3406/rebyz.1959.1199 . Retrieved 28 May 2011 .

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Michael VIII (1259?1282) Andronikos II (1282?1328) Michael IX (1295?1320) Andronikos III (1328?1341) John V (1341?1391) John VI (1347?1354) Matthew (1353?1357) Andronikos IV (1376?1379) John VII (1390; 1403?1408) Andronikos V (1403?1407) Manuel II (1391?1425) John VIII (1425?1448) Constantine XI (1449?1453)
1st generation	Nikephoros Palaiologos
2nd generation	George Palaiologos
3rd generation	Andronikos Doukas Palaiologos
4th generation	George Palaiologos
5th generation	Alexios Palaiologos
6th generation	Andronikos Palaiologos Theodora Angelina Palaiologina
7th generation	Irene Komnene Palaiologina Michael VIII Palaiologos John Doukas Palaiologos
8th generation	Irene Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria Andronikos II Palaiologos Constantine Palaiologos Theodore Palaiologos Eudokia Palaiologina Maria Palaiologina, Khatun of the Ilkhanate
9th generation	Michael IX Palaiologos Constantine Palaiologos John Palaiologos Theodore Palaiologos ( Palaeologus-Montferrat ) Demetrios Palaiologos Simonis Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia John Palaiologos
10th generation	Andronikos III Palaiologos Anna Palaiologina, Despotess of Epirus Theodora Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria Irene Palaiologina, Byzantine Empress Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia
11th generation	Irene Palaiologina, Empress of Trebizond John V Palaiologos Michael Palaiologos Irene Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria
12th generation	Andronikos IV Palaiologos Manuel II Palaiologos Theodore I Palaiologos Michael Palaiologos Zampia Palaiologina
13th generation	John VII Palaiologos John VIII Palaiologos Theodore II Palaiologos Andronikos Palaiologos Constantine XI Palaiologos Demetrios Palaiologos Thomas Palaiologos
14th generation	Andronikos V Palaiologos Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus Helena Palaiologina Helena Palaiologina, Despotess of Serbia Sophia Palaiologina, Grand Princess of Moscow Andreas Palaiologos Manuel Palaiologos Hass Murad Pasha Mesih Pasha
15th generation	Maria Palaiologina, Princess of Vereya (?) Constantine Palaiologos (?) Fernando Palaiologos (?) Andreas Palaiologos
Cadet branches	Palaeologus-Montferrat Asen Palaiologos Paleologus-Pesaro (?)
Only male-line descendants who are independently notable are shown.