Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)

For other Annas of Hungary, see Anna of Hungary (disambiguation).

Anna of Hungary^[1] (c. 1260–1281) was a Princess of Hungary and Croatia, and a Byzantine Empress by marriage to Andronikos II Palaiologos.

Anna of Hungary
Byzantine Empress consort
Tenure	1273–1281
Born	c. 1260
Died	1281
Spouse	Andronikos II Palaiologos
Issue	Michael IX Palaiologos Constantine Palaiologos
House	Árpád
Father	Stephen V of Hungary
Mother	Elizabeth the Cuman
Religion	Eastern Orthodox, prev. Roman Catholic

She was the daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Cuman.^[2] Anna was granddaughter of Béla IV of Hungary.

On 8 November 1273, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos.^[2]

Coin of 1304–20 depicting Jesus on one side, and on the other, Anna's widower Andronikos II and her son Michael IX.

According to George Pachymeres, the couple had two children:

• Michael IX Palaiologos^[3]
• Constantine Palaiologos, despotes.

Anna died before her husband became senior emperor in 1282. However every Palaiologos emperor to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 descended from her through her son Michael. Anna's sister Elisabeth and Simonida (a daughter of Anna's husband by his second wife) both married King Stefan Milutin of Serbia.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anna of Hungary

16. Béla III of Hungary 8. Andrew II of Hungary 17. Agnes of Antioch 4. Béla IV of Hungary 18. Berthold IV, Duke of Merania 9. Gertrude of Merania 19. Agnes of Rochlitz 2. Stephen V of Hungary 20. Manuel Laskaris 10. Theodore I Laskaris 21. Ioanna Karatzaina 5. Maria Laskarina 22. Alexios III Angelos 11. Anna Angelina 23. Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera 1. Anna of Hungary 12. Suthoi, Khan of Cumania 6. Köten 3. Elizabeth the Cuman

References

1. In Greek: Ἄννα; in Hungarian: Anna; in Croatian: Ana
2. Previte-Orton 1962, p. 922.
3. Giannouli 2013, p. 206.

Sources

•  Byzantine Empire portal

• Giannouli, Antonia (2013). "Coronation Speeches in the Palaiologan Period". In Beihammer, Alexander; Constantinou, Stavroula; Parani, Maria (eds.). Court Ceremonies and Rituals of Power in Byzantium and the Medieval Mediterranean. Brill.
• Previte-Orton, C.W. (1962). The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. II. Cambridge at the University Press.

Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress) Árpád dynasty Born: c. 1260 Died: 1281
Royal titles
Preceded by Theodora Palaiologina	Byzantine Empress 1273–1281 with Theodora Palaiologina (1273–1281)	Succeeded by Theodora Palaiologina