Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina

Maria Angelina of Epirus
Basilissa
Thomas and Maria Paleologina
Ruler of Epirus
Reign23 December 1384 – February 1385
PredecessorThomas Preljubović
SuccessorEsau de' Buondelmonti
Consort of Epirus
Tenure1366 – 23 December 1384 (as wife of Thomas)
February 1385 – 28 December 1394 (as wife of Esau)
Born1350/51
Died28 December 1394
Ioannina, Despotate of Epirus
SpouseThomas Preljubović
Esau de' Buondelmonti
HouseNemanjić
FatherSimeon Uroš
MotherThomais Orsini
ReligionEastern Orthodox Christian

Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina or Marija Angelina Nemanjić or Anna Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina (Greek: Μαρία Αγγελίνα Δούκαινα Παλαιολογίνα, Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Ангелина Немањић; 1349 – 28 December 1394) was a Byzantine Greek-Serbian aristocrat and the self-proclaimed basilissa (Greek: βασίλισσα; Empress, queen) of Epirus from 1384–85, succeeding the rule of her murdered husband Thomas Preljubović. Maria and her husband were a famed couple as patrons of the arts during Tomo's rule of Ioannina from 1366 to 1384.[1] She is portrayed in the icons.[2]

  1. ^ Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261–1557). 2004. ISBN 978-1-58839-113-1.
  2. ^ "Byzantion: Revue Internationale des Études Byzantines". 2002.