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'''Anna of Savoy''', born '''Giovanna''' (1306–1365), was a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine Empress]] consort, as the second spouse of [[Andronikos III Palaiologos]]. She served as [[regent]], with the titles ''[[Augusta (honorific)|augusta]]'' and ''[[Autokrator|autokratorissa]]'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Lain|title=Anna Palaiologina (1341–1347)|url=https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/gods-regents-on-earth-a-thousand-years-of-byzantine-imperial-seals/rulers-of-byzantium/anna-palaiologina-1341-47|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Dumbarton Oaks|language=en}}</ref> during the minority of her son [[John V Palaiologos]] from 1341 until 1347.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Eugenia |title=Literature and Culture in Late Byzantine Thessalonica |date=2013 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=9781441155849 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gCwU8eqbxBoC |access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> In Byzantium, she was known as ''Anna Palaiologina'', owing to her marriage to Andronikos.<ref name=":0" />


==Life==
:''Not to be confused with [[Anne of Savoy]]''
Anna was a daughter of [[Amadeus V, Count of Savoy]], and his second wife, [[Marie of Brabant, Countess of Savoy|Maria of Brabant]].{{sfn|Cox|1967|p=376}} She was betrothed to [[Andronikos III Palaiologos]] in September 1325,{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=83}} during which time he was involved in a civil war with his paternal grandfather [[Andronikos II Palaiologos]].{{sfn|Bartusis|1992|p=86}}
''Anna of Savoy'', born '''Giovanna''', (1306–1359) was a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine Empress]] consort, as the second wife of [[Andronikos III Palaiologos]].


The marriage took place in October 1326.{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=83}} She joined the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and took the name Anna.{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=84}} In 1328, Andronikos III entered [[Constantinople]] and finally deposed his grandfather.{{sfn|Nicol|1993|p=160-161}}
==Family==


===Regent===
She was a daughter of [[Amadeus V, Count of Savoy]] and his second wife [[Marie of Brabant, Countess of Savoy|Maria]] of [[Duchy of Brabant|Brabant]]. Her maternal grandparents were [[John I, Duke of Brabant]] and Margaret of Flanders. Margaret was a daughter of [[Guy of Dampierre]] and his first wife [[Matilda of Bethune]].
On 14-15 June 1341, Andronikos III died.{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=85}} He was succeeded by their son John V who was still three days short of his ninth birthday. Anna was appointed [[regent]] for her son.{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=87}} However, Andronikos III had entrusted the administration to his advisor [[John Kantakouzenos]], whom Anna did not trust.


At about the same time, [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia]] launched an invasion of Northern [[Thrace]]. Kantakouzenos left Constantinople to try to restore order to the area. In his absence, [[Patriarch John XIV of Constantinople]] and courtier [[Alexios Apokaukos]] convinced Anna that the senior advisor was her enemy. Anna declared Kantakouzenos an enemy of the state and offered the title of [[eparch of Constantinople]] to Apokaukos.
==Marriage==


On 26 October 1341, Kantakouzenos answered by proclaiming himself emperor at [[Didymoteicho]]. He still controlled part of the [[Palaiologan army|Byzantine army]], and his claim to the throne began a [[Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347|civil war]] that lasted until 1347. [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria]] soon allied with the faction under John V and Anna while [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia]] sided with John VI. Both rulers were actually taking advantage of the civil war for their own political and territorial gains. In time John VI would ally himself with [[Orhan I]] of the nascent [[Ottoman emirate]].
She was betrothed to [[Andronikos III Palaiologos]], during which time time he was involved in a civil war with his paternal grandfather [[Andronikos II Palaiologos]]. He had claimed the throne since 1321.


At the same time Anna was attempting to gain support from [[Western Europe]]. In Summer, 1343 an emissary proclaimed her loyalty to [[Pope Clement VI]] in [[Avignon Papacy|Avignon]]. In August, 1343, Anna pawned the [[Byzantine crown jewels]] to the [[Republic of Venice]] for 30,000 [[ducat]]s as part of an attempt to secure more finances for the war.{{sfn|Barker|1969|p=499}} However Anna at last lost the war{{how?|date=September 2018}}.
According to the history of [[John VI Kantakouzenos]], the marriage took place in October, 1326. She joined the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and took the name Anna.


On 3 February 1347, the two sides reached an agreement. John VI was accepted as senior emperor with John V as his junior co-ruler.{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=91}} The agreement included the marriage of John V to [[Helena Kantakouzene]], a daughter of John VI.{{sfn|Herrin|2009|p=288}} John VI entered Constantinople and took effective control of the city.
In 1328, Andronikos III entered [[Constantinople]] and finally deposed his grandfather. Andronikos III and Anna had four children:


===Later years===
* Maria (renamed Eirene) Palaiologina (1327 - after 1356), who married [[Michael Asen IV оf Bulgaria]]. Her husband was the eldest son of [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria]] and his first wife [[Theodora of Wallachia]]. He was co-ruler of his father until predeceasing him during the [[Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars]].
* [[John V Palaiologos]] (18 June 1332 - 16 February 1391).
* Michael Palaiologos, ''[[despotes]]'' (1337 - before 1370). He entered the court of [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia]] in 1351/1352.
* Eirene (renamed Maria) (d. 6 August 1384), who married [[Francesco I of Lesbos]].


In 1351, Anna left Constantinople for [[Thessaloniki]]. She held her own court in the city, issuing decrees in her name and even controlling a [[Mint (coin)|mint]]. She was the second Byzantine empress to hold court in Thessaloniki, following [[Irene of Montferrat]]. Her rule there lasted to about 1365.
==Regent==


Her last official act was the donation of a convent in the memory of ''Agioi Anargyroi'' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: «Άγιοι Ανάργυροι» "The Angels Without Money"). Agioi Anargyroi is the joined description of [[Saints Cosmas and Damian]], who supposedly
On 15 June 1341, Andronikos III died. He was succeeded by their son John V who was still three days short of his ninth birthday. Anna was appointed [[regent]] for her son. However Andronikos III had entrusted the administration to his advisor John Kantakouzenos. Anna did not trust the powerful advisor.
offered free medical services. Their devotees usually pray for healing. The donation may indicate Anna suffering from poor health and hoping for a cure. A little later she became a nun and died under the name "Anastasia" ca. 1365.


==Issue==
At about the same time, [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia]] launched an invasion of Northern [[Thrace]]. Kantakouzenos left Constantinople to try to restore order to the area. In his absence, [[Patriarch John XIV of Constantinople]] and courtier [[Alexios Apokaukos]] convinced Anna that the senior advisor was her enemy. Anna declared Kantakouzenos an enemy of the state and offered the title of [[eparch of Constantinople]] to Apokaukos.
* [[Maria-Irene Palaiologina|Maria (renamed Eirene) Palaiologina]] (1327 – after 1356), who married [[Michael Asen IV of Bulgaria]].{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=84}}
* [[John V Palaiologos]] (18 June 1332 – 16 February 1391).{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=84}}
* [[Michael Palaiologos (son of Andronikos III)|Michael Palaiologos]],{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=85}} ''[[despotes]]'' (1337 – before 1370). He entered the court of [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia]] in 1351/1352.
* Eirene (renamed Maria) Palaiologina (d. 6 August 1384), who married [[Francesco I of Lesbos]].{{sfn|Nicol|1996|p=85}}


==References==
Kantakouzenos was still in control of part of the [[Byzantine army]]. On 26 October 1341, he answered by proclaiming himself emperor at [[Didymoteicho]]. This was the beginning of a [[Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347|civil war]] that would last until 1347. [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria]] soon allied with the faction under John V and Anna while [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia]] sided with John VI. Both rulers were actually taking advantage of the civil war for their own political and territorial gains. In time John VI would ally himself with [[Orhan I]] of the nascent [[Ottoman emirate]].
{{Reflist|3}}


==Sources==
At the same time Anna was attempting to gain support from [[Western Europe]]. In Summer, 1343 an emissary proclaimed her loyalty to [[Pope Clement VI]] in [[Avignon Papacy|Avignon]]. In August, 1343, Anna pawned the Byzantine crown jewels to the [[Republic of Venice]] for 30,000 [[ducat]]s as part of an attempt to secure more finances for the war. However Anna at last lost the war.
* {{cite Q|Q115751844|editor1=Henry Gardiner Adams}}<!-- [[s:A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Ann of Savoy]] -->

*{{cite book |title=Manuel II Palaeologus (1391-1425): A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship |first=John W. |last=Barker |publisher=Rutgers University Press |year=1969 }}
On 3 February 1347, the two sides reached an agreement. John VI was accepted as senior emperor with John V as his junior co-ruler. The agreement with the marriage of John V to [[Helena Kantakouzene]], a daughter of John VI. John VI entered Constantinople and took effective control of the city.
*{{cite book |title=The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204-1453 |first=Mark C. |last=Bartusis |publisher= University of Pennsylvania Press |year=1992 }}

*{{ cite book | last=Cox | first=Eugene L. | title=The Green Count of Savoy | publisher=Princeton University Press | year=1967 }}
==Later years==
*{{cite book |title=Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire |first=Judith |last=Herrin |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2009 }}

*{{cite book |title=The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250-1500 |first=Donald M. |last=Nicol |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1996 }}
In 1351, Anna left Constantinople for [[Thessaloniki]]. She held her own court in the city, issuing decrees in her name and even controlling a [[Mint (coin)|mint]]. She was the second Byzantine empress to hold court in Thessaloniki, following [[Eirene of Montferrat]]. Her rule there lasted to about 1359/1360.
*{{cite book |title=The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453 |first=Donald M. |last=Nicol |edition=2nd |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1993 }}

Her last official act was the donation of a convent in the memory of ''Agioi Anargyroi'' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: «Άγιοι Ανάργυροι» "The Holy Unmercenaries"). Agioi Anargyroi is the joined description of [[Saints Cosmas and Damian]], who supposedly
offered free medical services. Their worshipers usually pray for healing. The donation may indicate Anna suffering from poor health and hoping for a cure. A little later she became a nun and died under the name "Anastasia" ca. 1359.


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* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAVOY.htm#JeanneAnnadied1359 Her listing in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley.] The project "involves extracting and analysing detailed information from primary sources, including contemporary chronicles, cartularies, necrologies and testaments."

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Latest revision as of 00:45, 8 December 2023

Anna of Savoy
Byzantine Empress consort
Tenure1326–1341
Born1306
Died1365 (aged 58–59)
Thessaloniki
SpouseAndronikos III Palaiologos
IssueMaria (renamed Eirene)
John V Palaiologos
Michael Palaiologos
Eirene (renamed Maria)
HouseSavoy
FatherAmadeus V, Count of Savoy
MotherMaria of Brabant
ReligionEastern Orthodox
prev. Roman Catholic

Anna of Savoy, born Giovanna (1306–1365), was a Byzantine Empress consort, as the second spouse of Andronikos III Palaiologos. She served as regent, with the titles augusta and autokratorissa,[1] during the minority of her son John V Palaiologos from 1341 until 1347.[2] In Byzantium, she was known as Anna Palaiologina, owing to her marriage to Andronikos.[1]

Life[edit]

Anna was a daughter of Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, and his second wife, Maria of Brabant.[3] She was betrothed to Andronikos III Palaiologos in September 1325,[4] during which time he was involved in a civil war with his paternal grandfather Andronikos II Palaiologos.[5]

The marriage took place in October 1326.[4] She joined the Eastern Orthodox Church and took the name Anna.[6] In 1328, Andronikos III entered Constantinople and finally deposed his grandfather.[7]

Regent[edit]

On 14-15 June 1341, Andronikos III died.[8] He was succeeded by their son John V who was still three days short of his ninth birthday. Anna was appointed regent for her son.[9] However, Andronikos III had entrusted the administration to his advisor John Kantakouzenos, whom Anna did not trust.

At about the same time, Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia launched an invasion of Northern Thrace. Kantakouzenos left Constantinople to try to restore order to the area. In his absence, Patriarch John XIV of Constantinople and courtier Alexios Apokaukos convinced Anna that the senior advisor was her enemy. Anna declared Kantakouzenos an enemy of the state and offered the title of eparch of Constantinople to Apokaukos.

On 26 October 1341, Kantakouzenos answered by proclaiming himself emperor at Didymoteicho. He still controlled part of the Byzantine army, and his claim to the throne began a civil war that lasted until 1347. Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria soon allied with the faction under John V and Anna while Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia sided with John VI. Both rulers were actually taking advantage of the civil war for their own political and territorial gains. In time John VI would ally himself with Orhan I of the nascent Ottoman emirate.

At the same time Anna was attempting to gain support from Western Europe. In Summer, 1343 an emissary proclaimed her loyalty to Pope Clement VI in Avignon. In August, 1343, Anna pawned the Byzantine crown jewels to the Republic of Venice for 30,000 ducats as part of an attempt to secure more finances for the war.[10] However Anna at last lost the war[how?].

On 3 February 1347, the two sides reached an agreement. John VI was accepted as senior emperor with John V as his junior co-ruler.[11] The agreement included the marriage of John V to Helena Kantakouzene, a daughter of John VI.[12] John VI entered Constantinople and took effective control of the city.

Later years[edit]

In 1351, Anna left Constantinople for Thessaloniki. She held her own court in the city, issuing decrees in her name and even controlling a mint. She was the second Byzantine empress to hold court in Thessaloniki, following Irene of Montferrat. Her rule there lasted to about 1365.

Her last official act was the donation of a convent in the memory of Agioi Anargyroi (Greek: «Άγιοι Ανάργυροι» "The Angels Without Money"). Agioi Anargyroi is the joined description of Saints Cosmas and Damian, who supposedly offered free medical services. Their devotees usually pray for healing. The donation may indicate Anna suffering from poor health and hoping for a cure. A little later she became a nun and died under the name "Anastasia" ca. 1365.

Issue[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Wilson, Lain. "Anna Palaiologina (1341–1347)". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  2. ^ Russell, Eugenia (2013). Literature and Culture in Late Byzantine Thessalonica. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781441155849. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  3. ^ Cox 1967, p. 376.
  4. ^ a b Nicol 1996, p. 83.
  5. ^ Bartusis 1992, p. 86.
  6. ^ a b c Nicol 1996, p. 84.
  7. ^ Nicol 1993, p. 160-161.
  8. ^ a b c Nicol 1996, p. 85.
  9. ^ Nicol 1996, p. 87.
  10. ^ Barker 1969, p. 499.
  11. ^ Nicol 1996, p. 91.
  12. ^ Herrin 2009, p. 288.

Sources[edit]

  • Henry Gardiner Adams, ed. (1857). "Ann of Savoy". A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography: 55. Wikidata Q115751844.
  • Barker, John W. (1969). Manuel II Palaeologus (1391-1425): A Study in Late Byzantine Statesmanship. Rutgers University Press.
  • Bartusis, Mark C. (1992). The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204-1453. University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Cox, Eugene L. (1967). The Green Count of Savoy. Princeton University Press.
  • Herrin, Judith (2009). Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire. Princeton University Press.
  • Nicol, Donald M. (1996). The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250-1500. Cambridge University Press.
  • Nicol, Donald M. (1993). The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Anna of Savoy
Born: 1306 Died: 1365
Royal titles
Preceded by Byzantine Empress consort
1326–1341
Succeeded by