Anna Philanthropene

Anna Philanthropene

Anna Philanthropene was the second Empress consort of Manuel III of Trebizond. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TREBIZOND.htm#AlexiosIIITrebizondB Profile of Alexios III and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ]

Family

Her father was Manuel Angelos Philanthropenos, Caesar of the Byzantine Empire and ruler of Thessaly from c. 1390 to 1394. The provincial capital of her father was in Trikala. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TREBIZOND.htm#AlexiosIIITrebizondB Profile of Alexios III and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ] Thessaly was conquered by Bayezid I of the Ottoman Empire in 1394.

Her paternal grandfather was Alexios Angelos Philanthropenos, also a Caesar. He was governor of Thessaly from c. 1373 to 1390. Her maternal grandmother was Maria Radoslava. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTINE%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc178348385 Profile of the Philanthropenos family in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ] Alexios succeeded his kinsman John Uroš. John had abdicated in his favor.

Maria was a daughter of Radoslav Hlapen. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTINE%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc178348385 Profile of the Philanthropenos family in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ] Radoslav was lord of Kastoria and Edessa. [ [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2005-05/1115292777 Peter Stewart, "Eirene (Jerina) Kantakuzene"] ] Radoslav is better known as a rival of Simeon Uroš. His wife was Irene, widow of Caesar Gregorios Preljub, the Serbian governor of Thessaly, who died in late 1355 or early 1356. Irene was the mother of Thomas II Preljubović by her previous wedding.

According to "The Late Medieval Balkans, A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest" (1994) by J. V. A. Fine, Irene was a daughter of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia and Helena of Bulgaria. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SERBIA.htm#StefanDusandied1355 Profile of Stefan IV in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ]

Empress

In 1395, Gulkhan-Eudokia of Georgia, Empress consort of Trebizond died. Manuel III of Trebizond, her widower, married Anna within the same year. Anna was a stepmother to his son, Alexios IV of Trebizond. Their marriage is considered childless. Manuel died on 5 March, 1417. Whether Anna survived him is unknown. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TREBIZOND.htm#AlexiosIIITrebizondB Profile of Alexios III and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ]

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