Helena Palaiologina, Despotess Of Serbia
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 552 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 1,1431 |
| Born | Despotate Of The Morea |
| Died | Lefkada |
| Greece | |
| Date of died | November 7,1473 |
| Cousins | Helena Palaiologina |
| John Doukas Angelos Palaiologos Raoul Laskaris Tornikes Philanthropenos Asen | |
| Grandchildren | Costantino Castriota |
| Ferdinand Castriota Scanderbeg | |
| Grandparents | Helena Dragas |
| Manuel II Palaiologos | |
| Centurione II Zaccaria | |
| Great grandchild | Irene Castriota Scanderbeg |
| Great grandparent | Helena Kantakouzene |
| Konstantin Dejanovic | |
| John V Palaiologos | |
| Andronikos Asen Zaccaria | |
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| ID | 4211453 |
Helena Palaiologina, Despotess Of Serbia Life story
Helena Palaiologina was a Byzantine princess who married Serbian Despot Lazar Branković, who ruled from 1456 until his death in 1458. After Smederevo fell to the Ottoman Turks on 20 June 1459, she fled Serbia for the Greek island of Leukas, where she converted to Catholicism.