Irene Gattilusio

Irene Gattilusio
Byzantine Empress consort
Tenure1397–1408
Died1 January 1440
Lemnos
Burial
SpouseJohn VII Palaiologos
IssueAndronikos V Palaiologos
HouseGattilusio
FatherFrancesco II of Lesbos
MotherValentina Doria

Irene Gattilusio (died 1 January 1440 under the monastic name Eugenia)[1] was a Byzantine empress consort by marriage to John VII Palaiologos, a Byzantine Emperor in 1390. She was a daughter of Francesco II of Lesbos (a maternal grandson of Andronikos III Palaiologos) and Valentina Doria.

  1. ^ Nicolas Oikonomidès, « John VII Palaeologus and the Ivory Pyxis at Dumbarton Oaks », Dumbarton Oaks Papers, no 31, 1977, p. 329-337, p.331