Anna of Savoy

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Anna of Savoy was a 14th-century Byzantine empress consort and regent, influential in the empire’s internal politics and dynastic struggles.

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Anna of Savoy canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine empress consort
human
noblewoman
regent
ally Alexios Apokaukos
Patriarch John XIV Kalekas
burialPlace Constantinople
child John V Palaiologos
Maria Palaiologina
Michael Palaiologos
conflict Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347
convertedTo Eastern Orthodoxy
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire
dateOfBirth c. 1306
dateOfDeath c. 1359
endTime 1341 (as Byzantine empress consort)
c. 1347 (as regent)
era 14th century
ethnicGroup Savoyard
familyName Savoy
father Amadeus V, Count of Savoy
givenName Anna
house House of Palaiologos (by marriage)
linked to: Palaiologos dynasty

House of Savoy
languageSpoken French
Greek
memberOf House of Savoy
mother Maria of Brabant
nobleTitle Countess of Savoy (by birth)
Empress of the Romans
notableFor leadership during the minority of John V Palaiologos
participation in the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347
role in Byzantine dynastic struggles
occupation empress consort
regent
opponent John VI Kantakouzenos
placeOfBirth County of Savoy
placeOfDeath Byzantine Empire
positionHeld Byzantine empress consort
regent of the Byzantine Empire
regencyFor John V Palaiologos
religion Eastern Orthodox Church
residence Constantinople
sexOrGender female
spouse Andronikos III Palaiologos
startTime 1326 (as Byzantine empress consort)
1341 (as regent)
title Augusta
Despoina

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John V Palaiologos mother Anna of Savoy
Andronikos III Palaiologos spouse Anna of Savoy
John V Palaiologos mother Anna of Savoy
subject linked to: John