Maria Palaiologina

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ii) MARIA Palaiologina Kantakouzene (-after 1279). Pachymeres records that "Eulogiæ filiam alteram…Mariam" married "Alexio, Philæ qui excæcatus fuerat filio, quem et magnum domesticum declaravit" (in [1261/62])[488]. Pachymeres records that "regis Bulgarorum Constantini" married "imperator…propriam neptem, Eulogiæ suæ sororis filiam secundo genitam Mariam", previously married to "Philes Alexius magnus domesticus", after the death of his first wife[489]. Her second marriage was arranged to confirm Byzantium's new alliance with Bulgaria, under which her uncle promised to return Mesembria and Anchialos, although the Byzantines later reneged on the promise[490]. With the decline in her husband's effective leadership following his incapacity, she assumed an increasing role in governing Bulgaria. On behalf of her husband, she negotiated an arrangement with his rival Jakov Svetoslav, whom she adopted as their second son in 1273 but had poisoned in [1275/77][491]. She continued to rule in Trnovo after her husband was killed in battle, but after Ivajlo besieged the city she opened the gates to him in late spring 1278 and married him as her second husband[492]. After Trnovo opened its gates to Byzantine troops in Feb 1279, she was sent to Emperor Mikhael VIII who imprisoned her in Adrianople[493]. Pachymeres names "Constantini quondam…regis ex Maria filium"[494].

m firstly ([1261/62]) ALEXIOS Philes, megas domestikos, son of --- (-before 1269).

m secondly (1269) as his second wife, KONSTANTIN Tih Tsar of the Bulgarians, son of TICH [Toichos], boyar in Skopje & his wife --- of Serbia (-killed in battle Autumn 1277).

m thirdly (1278) IVAJLO Tsar of the Bulgarians, son of --- (-murdered 1280).

След смъртта на Ирина (1270 г.) Константин се оженил за Мария, племенница на Михаил VIII. Като зестра уговорено било Византия да върне на царя Месемврия и Анхиало; а когато Палеолог отказал да изпълни обещанието си, Константин почнал да се готви за война и само благодарение на съюза с хан Ногай, пълководец на Златната орда, пред чиято мощ треперел целият край около Понт и Дунав, императорът сполучил да отблъсне разсърдените българи.