Irene PALAIOLOGOS

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1. Irene ANGELICA of Byzantium

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Notes

. Morris Bierbrier's "Medieval and royal genealogy update" column in the

March 1999 issue of _Genealogists' Magazine_ gives a partial summary

of the article by Hiestand; this is where I learned of its existence.

. Hiestand's article is of special interest because it explores the

hypothesis that the first wife of Isaac II is a member of the Palaiologos

family, perhaps the daughter of Georgios Palaiologos Komnenodoukas,

megas hetaireiarches (Grand Heteriarque). This is based on a reference

to Andronikos Palaiologos (probable son of Georgios) as beloved

"gambros" [brother-in-law or son-in-law, though the former is more

likely] of Emp. Isaac II in a document (from 1191, I think) printed in A.

Papadopoulos- Kerameus's _Analekta ..._, II, Petersburg, 1894, p. 362.

Unfortunately, the genealogy of the early Palaiologoi is somewhat murky

. . .

Valerio Lucchinetti also posted to GEN-MEDIEVAL:

. The first wife of Isaac II is usually considered to be a Byzantine

noblewoman of unknown name. I recently purchased an Italian edition of

the chronicle of Nicetas Choniates "Greatness and catastrophe of

Byzantium" where I found an interesting note to the XIV Book (I'm trying

to translate in English, forgive me for some mistakes) The names of

Isaac II's first wife and eldest daughter, unknown to Byzantine sources,

are found in an obituary in the Cathedral of Speyer (Germany) (the

Pantheon of German kings) where you can find the 2nd daughter of Isaac

II, Irene/Maria, wife of Philip of Suabia; in this text Irene/Maria is said

dauther of Isaac and Irene (there is reference to the following article:

. R.Hiestand, Die erste Ehe Isaaks II. Angelos und seine Kinder, in

Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinisk, XLVII 1997 pp. 199-208)

This Irene could be identified with the daughter of Georg Paleologus

Ducas Comnenus; the son of this one, Andronicus Paleologus

Comnenoducas is known as gambrox (gamma alpha mu beta rho o x) of

Isaac II.