Maria Palaiologina | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Maria Andreyevna Palaiologina |
| Died | 1505 Lithuania |
| Noble family | Palaiologos |
| Spouse(s) | Vasily Mikhailovich |
| Father | Andreas Palaiologos |
Maria Palaiologina (Greek: Μαρία Παλαιολογίνα; died 1505) was, according to Russian sources, a daughter of Andreas Palaiologos and the niece of Sophia Palaiologina, the grand princess of Moscow by marriage to Ivan III of Russia.
Maria is only mentioned in Russian chronicles and is thus of unverified historicity; the lack of recorded children of Andreas in western sources has often been seen as evidence that he was childless. According to the chronicles, Maria married the Russian noble Vasily Mikhailovich, the prince of Vereya, in approximately 1480, but the two escaped into exile to Lithuania in 1483 due to an incident involving the jewels of Maria of Tver, the former grand princess of Moscow.