Maria Angelina of Epirus | |
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Basilissa | |
Ruler of Epirus | |
Reign | 23 December 1384 – February 1385 |
Predecessor | Thomas Preljubović |
Successor | Esau de' Buondelmonti |
Consort of Epirus | |
Tenure | 1366 – 23 December 1384 (as wife of Thomas) February 1385 – 28 December 1394 (as wife of Esau) |
Born | 1350/51 |
Died | 28 December 1394 Ioannina, Despotate of Epirus |
Spouse | Thomas Preljubović Esau de' Buondelmonti |
House | Nemanjić |
Father | Simeon Uroš |
Mother | Thomais Orsini |
Religion | Eastern 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]