Irene of Montferrat

Irene of Montferrat
Seal of Irene of Montferrat
Byzantine Empress consort
Tenure1284–1317
(with Rita of Armenia, 1294–1317)
BornYolande of Montferrat
c. 1274
Casale
(modern-day Italy)
Died1317 (aged 42–43)
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
SpouseAndronikos II Palaiologos
Issue
HouseAleramici
FatherWilliam VII, Marquis of Montferrat
MotherBeatrice of Castile

Yolande of Montferrat (c. 1274 – 1317 in Constantinople) (also known as Violante, then Empress Irene) was the second wife of Andronikos II Palaiologos and thus Empress of the Byzantine Empire. She was the heiress of the Margraviate of Montferrat.