List of exiled and pretending Byzantine Empresses

For the consorts of the Latin emperors, see, List of Latin Empresses.

The Empress of the Eastern Roman/Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...

(in exile) was the consort of one of the four Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Emperors, following the Fourth Crusade

Fourth Crusade

The Fourth Crusade was originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and conquered the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire...

in 1204 and the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, to the abolishment of those states. As all male spouses of the former Byzantine Empire had to be monarchs also, there was never a Byzantine Emperor consort. They are the successors of Margaret of Hungary

Margaret of Hungary

Margaret of Hungary was the Empress consort of Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor.- Family :Margaret was the eldest daughter of Béla III of Hungary and his first wife Agnes of Antioch. She was a younger sister of Emeric, King of Hungary. Her younger siblings were Andrew II of Hungary and...

or Eudokia Angelina

Eudokia Angelina

Eudokia Angelina was the queen consort of Stephen II Nemanjić of Serbia from 1196 to 1198. She later became the mistress of Alexios V Doukas, the future Emperor...

, the last true Byzantine Empresses. None of women's husband held the title of Byzantine Emperor rightfully in the eyes of history, except the Nicaean emperors who became the only Greek ruler to be restored to Constantinople in 1261 and the Morean despotes who were the direct heirs of the last emperor, Constantine XI

Constantine XI

Constantine XI Palaiologos, latinized as Palaeologus , Kōnstantinos XI Dragasēs Palaiologos; February 8, 1404 – May 29, 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor from 1449 to his death as member of the Palaiologos dynasty...

.

The spouses of the pretenders of these states and the Byzantine Empire are included. These states were Nicaea
Empire of Nicaea
The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek successor states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople was occupied by Western European and Venetian forces during the Fourth Crusade...

, who should have been known as the Empress consort of Nicaea ; Trebizond

Empire of Trebizond

The Empire of Trebizond, founded in April 1204, was one of three Byzantine successor states of the Byzantine Empire. However, the creation of the Empire of Trebizond was not directly related to the capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, rather it had broken away from the Byzantine Empire...

, who should have been known as the Empress consort of Trebizond ; Epirus

Despotate of Epirus

The Despotate or Principality of Epirus was one of the Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire that emerged in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. It claimed to be the legitimate successor of the Byzantine Empire, along with the Empire of Nicaea, and the Empire of Trebizond...

, who should have been known as the Despoina in Epirus (1215–1479); Morea

Despotate of Morea

The Despotate of the Morea or Despotate of Mystras was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. Its territory varied in size during its 100 years of existence but eventually grew to take in almost all the southern Greek peninsula, the...

, who should have been known as the Despoina in Morea (1308–1460).

Empress of Nicaea
Empire of Nicaea
The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek successor states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople was occupied by Western European and Venetian forces during the Fourth Crusade...

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
Laskarid dynasty (1204-1261)
	Anna Angelina Anna Angelina Anna Komnene Angelina or Comnena Angelina was a daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos and of Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera....	Alexios III Alexios III Angelos Alexios III Angelos was Byzantine Emperor from 1195 to 1203.- Early life:Alexios III Angelos was the second son of Andronikos Angelos and Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa. Andronicus was himself a son of Theodora Komnene, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. Thus... (Angeloi)	c. 1176	1199 or early 1200	1204 death of brother-in-law 1205 husband proclaimed as emperor	1212		Theodore I Theodore I Laskaris Theodoros I Komnenos Laskaris was emperor of Nicaea .-Family:Theodore Laskaris was born to the Laskaris, a noble but not particularly renowned Byzantine family of Constantinople. He was the son of Manuel Laskaris and wife Ioanna Karatzaina . He had four older brothers: Manuel Laskaris Theodoros...
	Philippa of Armenia Philippa of Armenia Philippa of Armenia was a daughter of Ruben III of Armenia and Isabella of Toron. Her maternal grandparents were Humphrey III of Toron and Stephanie of Milly.-Princess of Armenia:...	Ruben III of Armenia Ruben III of Armenia Ruben III , also Roupen III, Rupen III, or Reuben III, was the ninth lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” .Roupen remained always friendly to the Crusaders in spirit... (Rubenid)	1183	24 November 1214		1216	before 1219
	Marie de Courtenay Marie de Courtenay Marie de Courtenay was a daughter of Peter II of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders. She married Theodore I of Nicaea. Marie served as regent for her younger brother Baldwin II of Courtenay and styled herself as the Empress of Constantinople.-Family and background:Her parents were successive rulers...	Peter, Latin Emperor (Courtenay House of Courtenay The House of Courtenay was an important dynasty in medieval France originating from the castle of Courtenay in the Gâtinais , going back to the 10th century. The dynasty descended from Athon, the first lord of Courtenay, apparently himself a descendant of the Counts of Sens and from Pharamond,... )	c. 1204	1219		November 1221	September 1228
	Irene Lascarina Irene Lascarina Irene Lascarina was a daughter of Theodore I Laskaris, emperor of Nicaea and Anna Angelina. Her maternal grandparents were Emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina... (Ειρήνη Λασκαρίνα)	Theodore I Theodore I Laskaris Theodoros I Komnenos Laskaris was emperor of Nicaea .-Family:Theodore Laskaris was born to the Laskaris, a noble but not particularly renowned Byzantine family of Constantinople. He was the son of Manuel Laskaris and wife Ioanna Karatzaina . He had four older brothers: Manuel Laskaris Theodoros... (Laskaris Laskaris The Laskaris or Lascaris family was a Byzantine Greek noble family whose members formed the ruling dynasty of the Empire of Nicaea from 1204 to 1261 and remained among the senior nobility up to the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire, whereupon many emigrated to Italy and then to Smyrna... )	?	1212	December 1221	1239		John III John III Doukas Vatatzes John III Doukas Vatatzes, Latinized as Ducas Vatatzes \|Nymphaion]]) was emperor of Nicaea 1221–1254.-Life:John Doukas Vatatzes was probably the son of the general Basileios Vatatzes, Duke of Thrace, who died in 1193, and his wife, an unnamed daughter of Isaakios Angelos and cousin of the Emperors...
	Anna of Hohenstaufen	Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II , was one of the most powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages and head of the House of Hohenstaufen. His political and cultural ambitions, based in Sicily and stretching through Italy to Germany, and even to Jerusalem, were enormous... (Hohenstaufen)	1230	1244		3 November 1254	April 1307
	Elena Asenina of Bulgaria	Ivan II of Bulgaria (Asen Asen dynasty The Asen dynasty ruled a medieval Bulgarian state, called in modern historiography the Second Bulgarian Empire, between 1187 and 1280.The Asen dynasty and the Second Bulgarian Empire rose as the leaders of a rebellion against the Byzantine Empire at the turn of the year 1185/1186 caused by the... )	?	1235	4 November 1254 husband proclaimed as emperor 1255 husband crowned as emperor 1 January 1259 as co-empress	18 August 1258	?	Theodore II Theodore II Laskaris Theodore II Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris was emperor of Nicaea, 1254–1258.-Life:Theodore II Doukas Laskaris was the only son of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and Eirene Laskarina, the daughter of Emperor Theodore I Laskaris and Anna Angelina, a daughter of Emperor Alexios III Angelos and...
Palaiologan dynasty (1259–1261)
	Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina	Ioannes Doukas Vatatzes (Doukai Doukas Doukas, latinized as Ducas , from the Latin tile dux , is the name of a Byzantine Greek noble family, whose branches provided several notable generals and rulers to the Byzantine Empire... )	c. 1240	1253	1 January 1259 as co-empress 18 August 1258 as sole-empress consort	25 July 1261	4 March 1303	Michael VIII
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Empress of Trebizond
Empire of Trebizond
The Empire of Trebizond, founded in April 1204, was one of three Byzantine successor states of the Byzantine Empire. However, the creation of the Empire of Trebizond was not directly related to the capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, rather it had broken away from the Byzantine Empire...

The consorts of rulers of Trebizond, like their counterparts in the other two Byzantine successor states, the Empire of Nicaea and the Despotate of Epirus, initially claimed the traditional Byzantine title of Empress consort the Romans. However, after reaching an agreement with the restored Byzantine Empire in 1282, the official title of the consorts of Trebizond was changed to Empress consort of the entire East, of the Iberians and the Perateia and remained such until the Empire's end in 1461. The state is sometimes called the Komnenian or Megalokomnenian empire from its ruling dynasty. Trebizond had three reigning empresses, Theodora of Trebizond

Theodora of Trebizond

Theodora Megale Komnene , , Empress of Trebizond from 1284 to 1285. She was a daughter of Emperor Manuel I of Trebizond by his second wife, Rusudan, a Georgian princess....

(1284–1285), Irene Palaiologina (1340–1341), and Anna of Trebizond

Anna of Trebizond

Anna Anachoutlou Megale Komnene , , Empress of Trebizond from July 17, 1341 to September 4, 1342. Anna was the elder daughter of Emperor Alexios II of Trebizond and his Georgian wife, Djiadjak Jaqeli....

(1341–1342).

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
Megalokomnenid dynasty (1204-1461)
	Theodora Axuchina Theodora Axuchina "Theodora Axuchina" is supposed by some to have been the wife of Alexios I of Trebizond. She is not mentioned in any source and both her first name and surname are just guesses made by modern genealogists.-Name:...	John Komnenos Axouchos (Axouchoi)	?	?	around April 1204	1 February 1222	?	Alexios I Alexios I of Trebizond Alexios I Megas Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus was Emperor of Trebizond from 1204 to 1222. He was the eldest son of Manuel Komnenos and of Rusudan, daughter of George III of Georgia. He was thus a grandson of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos I. Andronikos was dethroned and killed in 1185...
	Komnene Komnene, daughter of Alexios I of Trebizond Komnene was the wife of Andronikos I of Trebizond. Her first name is unknown. Komnene is the female form of "Komnenos", her family name.-Family:...	Alexios I Alexios I of Trebizond Alexios I Megas Komnenos or Alexius I Comnenus was Emperor of Trebizond from 1204 to 1222. He was the eldest son of Manuel Komnenos and of Rusudan, daughter of George III of Georgia. He was thus a grandson of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos I. Andronikos was dethroned and killed in 1185... (Komnenoi)	?	c. 1222?	1 February 1222	1235	?	Andronikos I Andronikos I of Trebizond Andronikos I Gidos or Andronicus I Gidus , , Emperor of Trebizond-Marriage:He married a Komnene, whose first name is unknown. He succeeded his father-in-law, Alexios I of Trebizond in 1222. His mother-in-law was Theodora Axuchina....
	Mother of Ioannikes	?	?	?	1235	1238	?	John I John I of Trebizond John I Megas Komnenos Axouchos was Emperor of Trebizond from 1235 to 1238.He was the eldest son of Alexios I of Trebizond and Theodora Axuchina, and was perhaps still a minor at the time of his father's death in 1222, as the throne passed to his brother-in-law, Andronikos I Gidos.John succeeded on...
	Anna Xylaloe Anna Xylaloe -Name:"Xylaloe" is a Greek language term for agarwood, the resinous heartwood from Aquilaria trees, large evergreens native to Southeast Asia. Pedanius Dioscorides mentioned it as an Aloe from the Indian subcontinent, probably a confusion resulting from the similarity in name of the two products....	?	?	1235	1238	1240s		Manuel I Manuel I of Trebizond Manuel I Megas Komnenos , Emperor of Trebizond from 1238 to 1263, surnamed the "Great Captain", was the second son of Alexios I, the first emperor of Trebizond, and Theodora Axuchina. He succeeded his brother, John I Axouchos...
	Rusudan of Georgia Rusudan of Georgia, Empress of Trebizond Rusudan of Georgia, Empress of Trebizond was the second Empress consort of Manuel I of Trebizond.-Family:Rusudan was a member of the Bagrationi dynasty, but there are at least two theories concerning the identities of her parents....	David VI of Georgia or David VII of Georgia (Bagratids)	?	1240s		1250s or early 1260s
	Irene Syrikaina Irene Syrikaina -Name:The male form of her family name has been suggested being either "Syrikainos" or "Syrikos". The name may be related to the island Syros or to the terms "Syrios", "Syrikos", "Syriakos", all Greek language for Syrian. The geographic term Syria also applied to Coele-Syria and...	?	?	1250s or early 1260s		March 1263	?
	Eudokia Palaiologina Eudokia Palaiologina Eudokia Palaiologina or was the third daughter of Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos and his wife, Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina, a grandniece of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes of Nicaea.... (Ευδοκία Παλαιολογίνα)	Michael VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus reigned as Byzantine Emperor 1259–1282. Michael VIII was the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty that would rule the Byzantine Empire until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453... (Palaiologoi)	c. 1265	1282		16 August 1297	1302	John II John II of Trebizond John II Megas Komnenos was Emperor of Trebizond from 1280 to 1297. He was the youngest son of Emperor Manuel I and his third wife, Irene Syrikaina, a Trapezuntine noblewoman...
	Djiadjak Jaqeli Djiadjak Jaqeli -Family:Jiajak was a daughter of Beka I, the Jaqeli atabeg of Samtskhe. The Jaqelis held the Georgian feudal office of Eristavi. An Eristavi could be "governor of a region" or an "army-commander", roughly equivalent to the Byzantine strategos and normally translated into English as "duke".David...	Beka II Jaqeli (Jaqeli Jaqeli Jaqeli was a Georgian noble family, an offshoot of the House of Chorchaneli, that rose to a ruling house of the principality of Samtskhe in the 13th century, and eventually Islamized to become a dynasty of Akhaltsikhe under the Ottoman Empire in the 16th/17th century.-History:"Jaqeli", literally... )	?	c. 1300		3 May 1330	?	Alexios II Alexios II of Trebizond Alexios II Megas Komnenos or Alexius II , was Emperor of Trebizond from 1297 to 1330. He was the elder son of John II and Eudokia Palaiologina, and also used the name Palaiologos.- Life :...
	Irene Palaiologina (Ειρήνη Παλαιολογίνα)	Andronikos III Palaiologos Andronikos III Palaiologos Andronikos III Palaiologos, Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341, after being rival emperor since 1321. Andronikos III was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia... (Palaiologoi)	c. 1315	1335		1339	after 1341	Basilios Basil of Trebizond Basil Megas Komnenos was Emperor of Trebizond from August 1332 to his death in 1340. Basil was a younger son of Emperor Alexios II of Trebizond and his wife Djiadjak Jaqeli...
	Irene Irene of Trebizond Irene Palaiologina , was Empress of Trebizond from April 6, 1340 to July 17, 1341... (Ειρήνη η μεγάλη Κομνηνή)	?	?	1339		6 April 1340	after 1382
	Acropolitissa Acropolitissa, wife of Michael of Trebizond - Family :Her father was Constantine Acropolites. According to his entry in "Porphyrogenita:Essays on the History and Literature of Byzantium and the Latin East" Constantine was married to Maria Komnene Tornikina. Constantine was a scholar in the courts of Michael VIII Palaiologos and Andronikos...	Constantine Acropolites (Acropolites)	?	1297-1341	30 July 1341 1st reign 3 May 1344 2nd reign	13 December 1349	?	Michael Michael of Trebizond Michael Megas Komnenos , , Emperor of Trebizond for one day, July 30, 1341 and from May 3, 1344 to December 13, 1349. He was a younger son of Emperor John II of Trebizond and Eudokia Palaiologina...
	Theodora Kantakouzene Theodora Kantakouzene Theodora Kantakouzene was the Empress consort of Alexios III of Trebizond.- Family :Theodora is considered a daughter of Nikephoros Kantakouzenos, sebastokratōr...	Nikephoros Kantakouzenos	c. 1340	28 September 1351		20 March 1390	?	Alexios III Alexios III of Trebizond Alexios III Megas Komnenos or Alexius III , Emperor of Trebizond from December 1349 until his death. He was the son of Emperor Basil of Trebizond and his second wife, Irene of Trebizond...
	Eudokia of Georgia Gulkhan-Eudokia of Georgia Gulkhan-Eudokia of Georgia was the first Empress consort of Manuel III of Trebizond. Her original name was Gulkhan Khatun. Eudokia was her Christian baptismal name.-Family:...	David IX of Georgia David IX of Georgia David IX of Georgia , from the Bagrationi dynasty, was king of Georgia from 1346 until his death.-Family:David was the only known son of George V of Georgia. The identity of his mother is not known. The "Georgian Chronicle" of the 18th century reports George V marrying a daughter of "the Greek... (Bagratids)	?	6 September 1377	20 March 1390	2 May 1395		Manuel III Manuel III of Trebizond Manuel III Megas Komnenos was Emperor of Trebizond from March 20, 1390 to his death in 1417. He was the son of Emperor Alexios III of Trebizond by Theodora Kantakouzene.Manuel became the heir of his father in 1377, after the death of his elder brother Basil...
	Anna Philanthropene Anna Philanthropene -Family:Her father was Manuel Angelos Philanthropenos, Caesar of the Byzantine Empire and ruler of Thessaly from c. 1390 to 1394. The provincial capital of her father was in Trikala. Thessaly was conquered by Bayezid I of the Ottoman Empire in 1394....	Manuel Angelos Philanthropenos Manuel Angelos Philanthropenos Manuel Angelos Philanthropenos was a Byzantine Greek nobleman who ruled Thessaly from ca. 1390 until it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1393, as a Byzantine vassal with the title of Caesar....	?	c. 1395		5 March 1417	?
	Theodora Kantakouzene Theodora Kantakouzene, wife of Alexios IV of Trebizond Theodora Kantakouzene was the Empress consort of Alexios IV of Trebizond.-Family:Theodora and her relations are named in Dell'Imperadori Constantinopolitani, a manuscript held in the Vatican Library. The document is also known as the "Massarelli manuscript" because it was found in the papers of...	Theodore Palaiologos Kantakouzenos (Kantakouzenoi Kantakouzenos The House of Kantakouzenos , latinized as Cantacuzenus and anglicized as Cantacuzene, was one of the most prominent noble families of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence. The family was one of the Empire's wealthiest and provided several prominent governors and generals, as... )	c. 1382	1395	1395 as co-empress consort 5 March 1417 as sole-empress consort	12 November 1426		Alexios IV Alexios IV of Trebizond Alexios IV Megas Komnenos or Alexius IV , , Emperor of Trebizond from March 5, 1417 to October 1429. He was the son of Emperor Manuel III and Gulkhan-Eudokia of Georgia.- Reign :...
	Maria Gattilusio as Co-Empress of Trebizond	Dorino of Lesbos Dorino of Lesbos Dorino Gattilusio, Lord of Lesbos was the fourth ruler of an independent Lesbos from 1428 to 1455.He was the second son of Francis II, Lord of Lesbos and Valentina Doria. He succeeded his older brother Jacopo of Lesbos in 1428.... (Gattilusi)	?	?	?	October 1429	?	Alexander, Co-Emperor
	Unnamed Georgian princess Bagrationi, wife of John IV of Trebizond Bagrationi was the first Empress consort of John IV of Trebizond. Her first name is unknown.-Family:Bagrationi was a daughter of Alexander I of Georgia and his second wife Tamar...	Alexander I of Georgia Alexander I of Georgia Alexander I, “the Great” , of the Bagrationi house, was king of Georgia from 1412 to 1442. Despite his efforts to restore the country from the ruins left by the Turco-Mongol warlord Timur Leng’s invasions, Georgia never recovered and faced the inevitable fragmentation that was followed by a long... (Bagratids)	c. 1415	c. 1426	before 28 October 1429	1438		John IV John IV of Trebizond John IV Megas Komnenos , was Emperor of Trebizond from 1429 to 1459. He was a son of Emperor Alexios IV of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene....
	Unnamed Turkish lady	Dawlat Berdi Dawlat Berdi Dawlat Berdi , also known as Devlet Berdi, was a Khan of the Golden Horde who reigned from 1419 to 1421, and again from 1428 to his death in 1432. He was the son of Jabbar Berdi and a descendant of Berke Khan....	?	?	?	before April 22, 1459	?
	Maria of Gothia Maria of Gothia - Family :She was a daughter of Alexios II of Theodoro, ruler of the Principality of Theodoro in Crimea. Her native state was also known as Gothia because its territory had previously belonged to the Crimean Goths. The Goths had undergone Hellenization under the influence of the Byzantine Empire...	Alexios II of Theodoro (Gabras Gabras Gabras , feminine form Gabraina , is the surname of an important Byzantine aristocratic family, which became especially prominent in the late 11th and early 12th centuries as the semi-independent and quasi-hereditary rulers of Chaldia.... )	?	?	?	?	?/before 1447	David David of Trebizond David Megas Komnenos was the last Emperor of Trebizond from 1459 to 1461. He was the third son of Emperor Alexios IV of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene....
	Helena Kantakouzene Helena Kantakouzene, Empress of Trebizond -Family:The primary source about her is the account "On the Origin of the Ottoman Emperors" by Theodore Spandounes. Theodore was related to the Kantakouzenoi. He was a son of Matthew Spandounes and Eudokia Kantakouzene. His father was a soldied of the Republic of Venice...	? (Kantakouzenoi Kantakouzenos The House of Kantakouzenos , latinized as Cantacuzenus and anglicized as Cantacuzene, was one of the most prominent noble families of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence. The family was one of the Empire's wealthiest and provided several prominent governors and generals, as... )	?	?	before 22 April 1459	15 August 1461	1463
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Despoinas and consorts in Epirus
Despotate of Epirus
The Despotate or Principality of Epirus was one of the Byzantine Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire that emerged in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. It claimed to be the legitimate successor of the Byzantine Empire, along with the Empire of Nicaea, and the Empire of Trebizond...

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Ceased to be consort	Death	Spouse
Angelos-Komnenos-Doukas dynasty (1205-1318)
	Unknown	an Epirote magnate (Melissenos)	?	?	?	?	?	Michael I Michael I Komnenos Doukas Michael I Komnenos Doukas or Comnenus Ducas , often inaccurately called Michael Angelos , was the founder and first ruler of the principality of Epirus from 1205 until his death in 1215.-Life:...
	Unknown	an Epirote (Melissenos)	?	?	?	?	?
	Maria Petraliphaina Maria Petraliphaina Maria Petraliphaina was the wife of Theodore Komnenos Doukas. She is the earliest consort of the Despotate of Epiros known by name...	? (Petraliphas Petraliphas The Petraliphas or Petraleiphas , feminine form Petraliphaina , were a Byzantine aristocratic family of Italian descent.... )	?	c. 1216	c. 1216 as Despoina and Byzantine empress in exile 1224 as Empress in Thessalonica	1230	?	Theodore Theodore Komnenos Doukas Theodore Komnenos Doukas was ruler of Epirus from 1215 to 1230 and of Thessalonica from 1224 to 1230.-Life:...
	Theodora Petraliphaina	John Petraliphas John Petraliphas John Petraliphas was a Byzantine noble and governor of Thessaly and Macedonia in the late 12th/early 13th century with the rank of sebastokrator.- Life :John was a member of the Petraliphas family, which was originally of Italian origin... (Petraliphas Petraliphas The Petraliphas or Petraleiphas , feminine form Petraliphaina , were a Byzantine aristocratic family of Italian descent.... )	1225	about 1231		1268	?	Michael II Michael II Komnenos Doukas Michael II Komnenos Doukas or Comnenus Ducas , often called Michael Angelos in narrative sources, was the ruler of Epirus from 1230 until his death in 1266/68.-Life:...
	Maria Doukaina Laskarina	Theodore II Laskaris Theodore II Laskaris Theodore II Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris was emperor of Nicaea, 1254–1258.-Life:Theodore II Doukas Laskaris was the only son of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and Eirene Laskarina, the daughter of Emperor Theodore I Laskaris and Anna Angelina, a daughter of Emperor Alexios III Angelos and... (Laskaris Laskaris The Laskaris or Lascaris family was a Byzantine Greek noble family whose members formed the ruling dynasty of the Empire of Nicaea from 1204 to 1261 and remained among the senior nobility up to the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire, whereupon many emigrated to Italy and then to Smyrna... )	?	1256 as Despoina within the Nicaean empire, never in Epirus		1258		Nikephoros I Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Latinized as Nicephorus I Comnenus Ducas , was ruler of Epirus from 1267/8 to c. 1297.-Life:Nikephoros was the eldest son of Michael II Komnenos Doukas and Theodora Petraliphaina...
	Anna Kantakouzene	? (Palaiologos Palaiologos Palaiologos , often latinized as Palaeologus, was a Byzantine Greek noble family, which produced the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. After the Fourth Crusade, members of the family fled to the neighboring Empire of Nicaea, where Michael VIII Palaiologos became co-emperor in 1259,... or Kantakouzenos Kantakouzenos The House of Kantakouzenos , latinized as Cantacuzenus and anglicized as Cantacuzene, was one of the most prominent noble families of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence. The family was one of the Empire's wealthiest and provided several prominent governors and generals, as... )	?	1264	1268	1297?	?
	Anna Palaiologina	Michael IX Palaiologos Michael IX Palaiologos Michael IX Palaiologos or Palaeologus , , reigned as Byzantine co-emperor with full imperial style 1294/1295–1320... (Palaiologos Palaiologos Palaiologos , often latinized as Palaeologus, was a Byzantine Greek noble family, which produced the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. After the Fourth Crusade, members of the family fled to the neighboring Empire of Nicaea, where Michael VIII Palaiologos became co-emperor in 1259,... )	?	1307 or 1313		1318	1320 or 1321	Thomas I Thomas I Komnenos Doukas Thomas I Komnenos Doukas ruler of Epirus from c. 1297 until his death in 1318.Thomas was the son of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas and Anna Kantakouzene, a niece of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. In 1290 he was conferred the court dignity of despotes by his mother's cousin, Emperor Andronikos...
Orsini dynasty Orsini family Orsini: the origin of learning.We love Mrs. Orsini forever! ~8F Social Studies 2011The Orsini family is an Italian noble family; it was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and renaissance Rome... (1318–1359)
	Anna Palaiologina	Michael IX Palaiologos Michael IX Palaiologos Michael IX Palaiologos or Palaeologus , , reigned as Byzantine co-emperor with full imperial style 1294/1295–1320... (Palaiologos Palaiologos Palaiologos , often latinized as Palaeologus, was a Byzantine Greek noble family, which produced the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. After the Fourth Crusade, members of the family fled to the neighboring Empire of Nicaea, where Michael VIII Palaiologos became co-emperor in 1259,... )	?	1318 2nd time		1320 or 1321		Nicholas Nicholas Orsini Nicholas Orsini was count palatine of Cephalonia from 1317 to 1323 and ruler of Epirus from 1318 to 1323....
	Anna Palaiologina Angelina	Andronikos Palaiologos Angelos (Palaiologos Palaiologos Palaiologos , often latinized as Palaeologus, was a Byzantine Greek noble family, which produced the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. After the Fourth Crusade, members of the family fled to the neighboring Empire of Nicaea, where Michael VIII Palaiologos became co-emperor in 1259,... or Komnenos Doukas Doukas Doukas, latinized as Ducas , from the Latin tile dux , is the name of a Byzantine Greek noble family, whose branches provided several notable generals and rulers to the Byzantine Empire... )	?	after 1324		1335	?	John John II Orsini John II Orsini, also John Komnenos Doukas or Comnenus Ducas , was count palatine of Cephalonia from 1323 to 1324 and Despot of Epirus from 1323 to 1335....
	Maria Kantakouzene	John VI Kantakouzenos John VI Kantakouzenos John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus was the Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354.-Early life:Born in Constantinople, John Kantakouzenos was the son of a Michael Kantakouzenos, governor of the Morea. Through his mother Theodora Palaiologina Angelina, he was a descendant of the reigning house of... (Kantakouzenos Kantakouzenos The House of Kantakouzenos , latinized as Cantacuzenus and anglicized as Cantacuzene, was one of the most prominent noble families of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence. The family was one of the Empire's wealthiest and provided several prominent governors and generals, as... )	-	after 1339	1347 as Despoina within the Byzantine empire 1355 as Despoina in Epirus	1356/1359	after 1359	Nikephoros II Nikephoros II Orsini Nikephoros II Orsini - Doukas , was the ruler of Epirus from 1335 to 1338 and from 1356 until his death in 1359.-Life:...
Nemanjić and *Buondelmonti dynasties* (1359-1411)
	Thomais Orsini	John John II Orsini John II Orsini, also John Komnenos Doukas or Comnenus Ducas , was count palatine of Cephalonia from 1323 to 1324 and Despot of Epirus from 1323 to 1335.... (Orsini Orsini family Orsini: the origin of learning.We love Mrs. Orsini forever! ~8F Social Studies 2011The Orsini family is an Italian noble family; it was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and renaissance Rome... )	?	after 1348	1359	1366	?	Simeon Simeon Uroš Simeon Uroš Nemanjić, nicknamed Siniša , also known in Greek as Symeōn Ouresēs Palaiologos , was the Despot of Epirus from 1359 to 1366, and of Thessaly from 1359 until his death in 1370. He governed Epirus and Acarnania under his half-brother Emperor Dušan the Mighty Simeon Uroš Nemanjić,...
	Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina was ruler of Epirus from 1385 to 1386. She took the title of Basilissa of Epirus or Empress/Queen of Epirus.... (Μαρία Αγγελίνα Δούκαινα Παλαιολογίνα)	Simeon Simeon Uroš Simeon Uroš Nemanjić, nicknamed Siniša , also known in Greek as Symeōn Ouresēs Palaiologos , was the Despot of Epirus from 1359 to 1366, and of Thessaly from 1359 until his death in 1370. He governed Epirus and Acarnania under his half-brother Emperor Dušan the Mighty Simeon Uroš Nemanjić,... (Nemanjić)	?	1359–1360	1366	23 December 1384	28 December 1394	Thomas II Thomas II Preljubovic Thomas II Preljubović or Komnenos Palaiologos , was ruler of Epirus in Ioannina from 1366 to his death on December 23, 1384. He also held the title of Albanian-slayer .-Family:...
			?	February 1385		28 December 1394		Esau Esau de' Buondelmonti Esau de' Buondelmonti, ruler of Epirus in Ioannina from 1385 to his death in 1411.Esau was the son of the Florentine nobleman Manente Buondelmonti and Lapa Acciaiuoli, sister of Niccolò Acciaiuoli of Corinth and the grandson of the great Χρηστόφορxοςστασία XXIV...
	Irene Bova Shpata	John Bova Shpata	?	January 1396		?	?
	Eudokia Balšić	? (Balšić)	?	?		6 February 1411	after 1411
Tocco dynastyTocco family The family of Tocco was a noble house from Benevento of Longobard origins, which in the late 14th and 15th centuries came to prominence in western Greece as rulers of the Ionian Islands and the Despotate of Epirus.-History:... (1411–1479)
	Francesca Acciaioli	Nerio I Acciaioli Nerio I Acciaioli Nerio I Acciaioli was as Italian aristocrat from Florence who rose to power in Frankish Greece during the last decades of the fourteenth century, eventually becoming Duke of Athens.... (Acciaioli)	?	?	1411?	1429?	?	Carlo I Tocco Carlo I Tocco Carlo I Tocco was the ruler of Epirus from 1411 until his death on July 4, 1429.-Life:Carlo I was the son of Count Leonardo I Tocco of Cephalonia and Leukas by Maddalena de' Buondelmonti, sister of Esau de' Buondelmonti of Epirus...
	Ramondina of Ventimiglia	?	?	?	1429?	1448?	?	Carlo II Tocco Carlo II Tocco Carlo II Tocco was the ruler of Epirus from 1429 until his death.-Life:Carlo II was the son of Count Leonardo II Tocco, the younger brother and co-ruler of Carlo I Tocco, count of Cephalonia and Zante, duke of Leukas, and ruler of Epirus. In 1424 Carlo II and his sisters were adopted by their...
	Milica of Serbia	Lazar Branković (Branković)	?	1 May 1463		1464		Leonardo III Tocco Leonardo III Tocco -Life:Leonardo III Tocco was the son of Carlo II Tocco and Ramondina of Ventimiglia. On his father's death in October 1448, Leonardo succeeded as a minor to all his titles and possessions...
	Francesca Marzano	Mariano Marzano, Prince of Rossano (Marzano Marzano Marzano is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km southeast of Milan and about 14 km northeast of Pavia... )	?	1477		1479?	?
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Ceased to be consort	Death	Spouse

Despoinas and Consorts in Morea
Despotate of Morea
The Despotate of the Morea or Despotate of Mystras was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. Its territory varied in size during its 100 years of existence but eventually grew to take in almost all the southern Greek peninsula, the...

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
Kantakouzenoi dynastyKantakouzenos The House of Kantakouzenos , latinized as Cantacuzenus and anglicized as Cantacuzene, was one of the most prominent noble families of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence. The family was one of the Empire's wealthiest and provided several prominent governors and generals, as... (1347–1383)
	Maria de Lusignan	Constantine II, King of Armenia (Lusignan Lusignan The Lusignan family originated in Poitou near Lusignan in western France in the early 10th century. By the end of the 11th century, they had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their castle at Lusignan... )	c. or after 1333	c. 1347	25 October 1349	10 April 1380	1382-1387	Manuel Kantakouzenos Manuel Kantakouzenos Manuel Kantakouzenos , . Despotēs in the Despotate of Morea or the Peloponnese from October 25, 1349 to his death and a contender to the Principality of Achaia.Kantakouzenos was the second son of Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos and Irene Asanina...
Palaiologan dynasty (1383–1460)
	Bartolomea Acciaioli	Nerio I Acciaioli Nerio I Acciaioli Nerio I Acciaioli was as Italian aristocrat from Florence who rose to power in Frankish Greece during the last decades of the fourteenth century, eventually becoming Duke of Athens.... (Acciaioli)	?	?	1383?	1407?	?	Theodore I Palaiologos Theodore I Palaiologos, Lord of Morea Theodore I Palaiologos was despot in the Morea from 1383 until his death on June 24, 1407. He was the youngest surviving son of the Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos and his wife Helena Kantakouzene. His maternal grandfather was former Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos...
	Cleofa Malatesta Cleofa Malatesta Cleofa Malatesta da Pesaro was an Italian noblewoman and the wife of Theodore II Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea, brother of Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor. She was a daughter ofMalatesta dei Sonetti, count of Pesaro, and of Isabella Gonzaga...	Malatesta I, Count of Pesaro (Malatesta House of Malatesta The House of Malatesta was an Italian family that ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500, as well as other lands and towns in Romagna.Malatesta da Verucchio The House of Malatesta was an Italian family that ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500, as well as (in different periods) other lands and... )	?	21 January 1421 or sometime in 1422		1433		Theodore II Palaiologos Theodore II Palaiologos, Lord of Morea Theodore II Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Despot in Morea from 1407 to 1443.-Life:...
	Theodora Tocco Theodora Tocco Theodora Tocco was the first wife of Constantine Palaiologos while he was Despot of Morea. Her husband would become the last Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.-Family:...	Leonardo II Tocco (Tocco Tocco family The family of Tocco was a noble house from Benevento of Longobard origins, which in the late 14th and 15th centuries came to prominence in western Greece as rulers of the Ionian Islands and the Despotate of Epirus.-History:... )	?	1 July 1428	c. 1428 as Despoina in Morea	November 1429		Constantine XI Palaiologos
	Caterina Gattilusio Caterina Gattilusio Caterina Gattilusio was the second wife of Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor, while he was still Despot of the Morea....	Dorino of Lesbos Dorino of Lesbos Dorino Gattilusio, Lord of Lesbos was the fourth ruler of an independent Lesbos from 1428 to 1455.He was the second son of Francis II, Lord of Lesbos and Valentina Doria. He succeeded his older brother Jacopo of Lesbos in 1428.... (Gattilusio Gattilusio The Gattilusi were a powerful Genoese family who controlled a number of possessions in the northern Aegean from 1355 until the mid 15th century.... )	?	27 July 1441 as Despoina in Morea		July/August 1442		Constantine XI Palaiologos
	Theodora Asanina	Paul Asanes (Asanes)	?	before 1443	before 1443 as a Desposina in Morea 29 May 1453 as Byzantine co-empress consort	1460	?	Demetrios Palaiologos Demetrios Palaiologos Demetrios Palaiologos or Demetrius Palaeologus , Despot in the Morea de facto 1436–1438 and 1451–1460 and de jure 1438–1451, previously governor of Lemnos 1422–1440, and of Mesembria 1440–1451...
	Caterina Zaccaria	Centurione II Zaccaria Centurione II Zaccaria Centurione II Zaccaria , scion of Genoese powerful merchant family established in the Morea, was installed as Prince of Achaea by Ladislaus of Naples in 1404 and was the last ruler of the Latin Empire not under Byzantine suzerainty.... (Zaccaria Zaccaria Zaccaria is a surname, and may refer to:* Anthony Maria Zaccaria* Bartolomeo Zaccaria* Benedetto I Zaccaria* Benedetto II Zaccaria* Centurione II Zaccaria* Francesco Antonio Zaccaria* Martino Zaccaria* Nicola Zaccaria... )	around 1392	January 1430	before 1432 as a Desposina in Morea 29 May 1453 as Byzantine co-empress consort	1460	16 August 1462	Thomas Palaiologos Thomas Palaiologos Thomas Palaiologos was Despot in Morea from 1428 until the Ottoman conquest in 1460. After the desertion of his older brother to the Turks in 1460, Thomas Palaiologos became the legitimate claimant to the Byzantine throne...

Empress of the Byzantine Empire (in pretence)

The Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...

fell in 1453. Three pretenders from the dynasty followed. The last Palaiologan pretender, Andreas Palaiologos

Andreas Palaiologos

Andreas Palaiologos titular Byzantine emperor and Despot of Morea from 1465 until his death in 1502.-Biography:He was the nephew of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople...

, sold his right to the imperial succession to Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII of France

Charles VIII, called the Affable, , was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. Charles was a member of the House of Valois...

, but he also willed the imperial titles to Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...

and Isabella I of Castille, and so in a since either the French Spanish queens have been the titular Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire since the 15th century. Another Palaiologan, Manuel Palaiologos

Manuel Palaiologos

Manuel Palaiologos was the youngest child of Thomas Palaiologos and Catherine Zaccharia. He was brother of the de jure Byzantine Emperor Andrew Palaiologos, Zoe Palaiologina, Grand Duchess of Moscovy and Helena Palaiologina, wife of Despot Lazar Branković of Serbia...

, sold his right of succession to Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II (the Ottoman sultans already claim to be the Kaizer-i Rum or Roman Emperor); but since there is no such thing as a sultaness, there are no Ottoman consorts. Not counting the Ottoman, the two successors of the Palaiologans were all Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

instead of Orthodox.

The two other claimants are both Orthodox. The first one is the former Queens of Greece because the Greek monarchy mainly created in 1832 to be the successor of the Byzantine Greek monarchy that was replaced by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Their husband descend from five former imperial dynasties of the Empire. The former Empresses of Russia is one of the strongest claimant, mainly because of their claim as the Third Rome

Third Rome

The term Third Rome describes the idea that some European city, state, or country is the successor to the legacy of the Roman Empire and its successor state, the Byzantine Empire ....

and their Orthodox faith. The Russian tsar or emperors were not a Palaiologan successor but they claim so from the marriage of Ivan the Great to Zoe Palaiologina; although the Palaiologian bloodline of Zoe died out along with the main Rurikid line in the 17th century

Neither the Empresses of Russia, the Queens of France, the Queens of Spain, or the Queens of the Hellenes claimed any sort of Byzantine titles, and only the current Queen of Spain

Queen Sofía of Spain

Queen Sofía of Spain is the wife of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.-Early life and family:Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark was born in Psychiko, Athens, Greece on 2 November 1938, the eldest child of the King Paul of Greece and his wife, Queen Frederika , a former princess of Hanover...

is even an official queen. There are two Russian pretenders, three French pretenders, and one Greek pretender. One of them Maria Vladimirovna

Maria Vladimirovna

Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia , has been a claimant to the headship of the Imperial Family of Russia and pretender to the titles Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias and Queen of Poland, since 1992...

could claim as empress regnant; or as empress consort, co-ruling with her husband as emperor.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
Spouses of Byzantine Pretenders (1453–1502)
	Theodora Asanina	Paul Asanes (Asanes)	?	before 1443	29 May 1453 as co-empress consort	1460	?	Demetrios Palaiologos Demetrios Palaiologos Demetrios Palaiologos or Demetrius Palaeologus , Despot in the Morea de facto 1436–1438 and 1451–1460 and de jure 1438–1451, previously governor of Lemnos 1422–1440, and of Mesembria 1440–1451...
	Caterina Zaccaria	Centurione II Zaccaria Centurione II Zaccaria Centurione II Zaccaria , scion of Genoese powerful merchant family established in the Morea, was installed as Prince of Achaea by Ladislaus of Naples in 1404 and was the last ruler of the Latin Empire not under Byzantine suzerainty.... ] (Zaccaria Zaccaria Zaccaria is a surname, and may refer to:* Anthony Maria Zaccaria* Bartolomeo Zaccaria* Benedetto I Zaccaria* Benedetto II Zaccaria* Centurione II Zaccaria* Francesco Antonio Zaccaria* Martino Zaccaria* Nicola Zaccaria... )	around 1392	January 1430	before 1432 as a Desposina in Morea 29 May 1453 as Byzantine co-empress consort	16 August 1462		Thomas Palaiologos Thomas Palaiologos Thomas Palaiologos was Despot in Morea from 1428 until the Ottoman conquest in 1460. After the desertion of his older brother to the Turks in 1460, Thomas Palaiologos became the legitimate claimant to the Byzantine throne...
A Roman prostitute ?								Andreas Palaiologos Andreas Palaiologos Andreas Palaiologos titular Byzantine emperor and Despot of Morea from 1465 until his death in 1502.-Biography:He was the nephew of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople...
Disputed and unclaimed The Queens of France (1494 to present) The Queens of Spain (1502 to present) The Grand Princesses, Tsaritsa and Empresses of Russia (1472 to present) The Queens of Greece (1832 to present)

Trebizond

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
Spouses of Trapezuntine Pretenders (1461–1463)
	Helena Kantakouzene Helena Kantakouzene, Empress of Trebizond -Family:The primary source about her is the account "On the Origin of the Ottoman Emperors" by Theodore Spandounes. Theodore was related to the Kantakouzenoi. He was a son of Matthew Spandounes and Eudokia Kantakouzene. His father was a soldied of the Republic of Venice...	?	?	?	15 August 1461	1 November 1463	1463	David David of Trebizond David Megas Komnenos was the last Emperor of Trebizond from 1459 to 1461. He was the third son of Emperor Alexios IV of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene....
None?
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Epirus

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
Spouses of Epirote Pretenders (1479–1499)
	Francesca Marzano	Mariano Marzano, Prince of Rossano (Marzano Marzano Marzano is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km southeast of Milan and about 14 km northeast of Pavia... )	?	1477	1479	1499?	?	Leonardo III Tocco Leonardo III Tocco -Life:Leonardo III Tocco was the son of Carlo II Tocco and Ramondina of Ventimiglia. On his father's death in October 1448, Leonardo succeeded as a minor to all his titles and possessions...
None
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Morea

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
Spouses of Morean Pretenders (1460–1502)
	Caterina Zaccaria	Centurione II Zaccaria Centurione II Zaccaria Centurione II Zaccaria , scion of Genoese powerful merchant family established in the Morea, was installed as Prince of Achaea by Ladislaus of Naples in 1404 and was the last ruler of the Latin Empire not under Byzantine suzerainty.... ] (Zaccaria Zaccaria Zaccaria is a surname, and may refer to:* Anthony Maria Zaccaria* Bartolomeo Zaccaria* Benedetto I Zaccaria* Benedetto II Zaccaria* Centurione II Zaccaria* Francesco Antonio Zaccaria* Martino Zaccaria* Nicola Zaccaria... )	around 1392	January 1430	1460 after fall of Morea	16 August 1462		Thomas Palaiologos Thomas Palaiologos Thomas Palaiologos was Despot in Morea from 1428 until the Ottoman conquest in 1460. After the desertion of his older brother to the Turks in 1460, Thomas Palaiologos became the legitimate claimant to the Byzantine throne...
A Roman prostitute ?								Andreas Palaiologos Andreas Palaiologos Andreas Palaiologos titular Byzantine emperor and Despot of Morea from 1465 until his death in 1502.-Biography:He was the nephew of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople...
Disputed and unclaimed The Queens of France (1494 to present) The Queens of Spain (1502 to present) The Grand Princesses, Tsaritsa and Empresses of Russia (1472 to present) The Queens of Greece (1832 to present)
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Empress of NicaeaEmpire of NicaeaThe Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek successor states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople was occupied by Western European and Venetian forces during the Fourth Crusade...

Empress of the Byzantine Empire (in pretence)

Trebizond

Epirus

Morea

See also

Empress of Nicaea
Empire of Nicaea
The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek successor states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople was occupied by Western European and Venetian forces during the Fourth Crusade...