Andronic Dukas Commenos Paleologos, Grand Domesticus of the Empire

The Palaeologan dynasty

The Palaeologans were originally petty rulers from Macedonia. The family was an old one (George Palaeologus was a friend of Alexius I Comnenus), but its earliest generations are unknown. The first to marry into an imperial family was one Alexius Palaeologus, whose wife was a granddaughter of Zoe Dukaina, youngest daughter of Constantine X, and her husband Adrianus Comnenus, younger brother of Emperor Alexius I. Another Alexius Palaeologus married Irene Angelina, eldest daughter of Alexius III and the Ethiopian-descended Euphrosyne Camatera. The latter couple's daughter Theodora Palaeologina married her cousin Andronicus Palaeologus, who descended from Zoe. The couple were the progenitors of the Imperial dynasty. Their son was emperor Michael VIII.

General

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The Palaiologos family

The early generations of this family are confused and uncertain. The first certain ancestor is one Andronikos Dukas Komnenos Palaiologos, Gov of Thessalonica, +after 1246; m.his cousin Theodora Palaiologina; they had issue:

• A1. MICHAÉL VIII Dukas Komnenos Palaiologos, Emperor of Byzantium (1259-82), *1224/5, +1282; m.1253 Theodora Dukaina Batatzaina (*1240 +1303)
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• A2. Ioannes Komnenos Palaiologos, +1274; 1m: N Philantropene; 2m: ca 1259 N Tornikaine
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• A3. Konstantinos Palaiologos, +1271; m.1259/60 Eirene Branaina (+1271)
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• A4. Maria Palaiologina, *1216; m.ca 1237 Nikephoros Tarchaneiotes
• A5. Eirene Palaiologina, *1218, +1284; m.before 1240 Ioannes Kantakuzenos (+before 1257)

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