Sophia Palaiologina

This article is about the consort of Ivan III. For the consort of John VIII Palaiologos, see Sophia of Montferrat.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Fominichna and the family name is Palaiologina.
Sophia Palaiologina
Reconstruction by Sergey Nikitin, 1994
Grand Princess consort of Moscow
Tenure12 November 1472 – 7 April 1503
PredecessorMaria of Tver
SuccessorSolomonia Saburova
Bornc. 1449
Died7 April 1503
Burial
Ascension Convent, Kolomenskoye
Archangel Cathedral, Kremlin (1929)
SpouseIvan III of Russia
Issue
HousePalaiologos
FatherThomas Palaiologos
MotherCatherine Zaccaria
ReligionRoman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

Sophia Fominichna Palaiologina or Paleologue (Russian: София Фоминична Палеолог, romanized: Sofiya Fominichna Paleolog; born Zoe Palaiologina; Medieval Greek: Ζωή Παλαιολογίνα; c. 1449 – 7 April 1503) was a Byzantine princess from the Palaiologos imperial dynasty and the grand princess of Moscow as the second wife of Ivan III of Russia.[1] Her father was Thomas Palaiologos, the despot of the Morea. Through her eldest son, Vasili III, she was the grandmother of Ivan IV, the first crowned tsar of all Russia.[2]

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