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Helena Kantakouzene, Empress of Trebizond

Index Helena Kantakouzene, Empress of Trebizond

Helena Kantakouzene (died 1463) was the second wife of David of Trebizond. [1]

24 relations: Aq Qoyunlu, Constantine II of Georgia, David of Trebizond, Demetrios I Kantakouzenos, Ducat, Empire of Trebizond, George Amiroutzes, George Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, George VIII of Georgia, Kingdom of Georgia, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Mamia Gurieli, Maria of Gothia, Matthew Kantakouzenos, Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman Empire, Principality of Guria, Serres, Struma (river), Theodore Spandounes, Trabzon, Uzun Hasan, Walls of Constantinople, Zagan Pasha.

Aq Qoyunlu

The Aq Qoyunlu or Ak Koyunlu, also called the White Sheep Turkomans (Āq Quyūnlū), was a Persianate Sunni Oghuz Turkic tribal federation that ruled present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan, Eastern Turkey, most part of Iran, and Iraq from 1378 to 1501.

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Constantine II of Georgia

Constantine II (კონსტანტინე II) (c. 1447 – 1505), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Georgia since 1478.

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David of Trebizond

David Megas Komnenos (Δαβίδ Μέγας Κομνηνός, Dabid Megas Komnēnos) (1408 – 1 November 1463) was the last Emperor of Trebizond from 1459 to 1461.

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Demetrios I Kantakouzenos

Demetrios I Kantakouzenos (Δημήτριος Καντακουζηνός) was a governor of the Morea and the grandson of Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos.

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Ducat

The ducat was a gold or silver coin used as a trade coin in Europe from the later middle ages until as late as the 20th century.

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Empire of Trebizond

The Empire of Trebizond or the Trapezuntine Empire was a monarchy that flourished during the 13th through 15th centuries, consisting of the far northeastern corner of Anatolia and the southern Crimea.

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George Amiroutzes

George Amiroutzes (Γεώργιος Αμιρουτζής) (1400–1470) was a Pontic Greek Renaissance scholar, philosopher and civil servant.

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George Palaiologos Kantakouzenos

George Palaiologos Kantakouzenos (Γεώργιος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός; ca. 1390 – 1456/59) was a Byzantine aristocrat, a member of the Kantakouzenos family, and adventurer.

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George VIII of Georgia

George VIII (Georgian: გიორგი VIII, Giorgi VIII) (1417–1476) was the last king of the united Georgia, though his kingdom was already fragmentised and dragged into a fierce civil war, from 1446 to 1465.

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Kingdom of Georgia

The Kingdom of Georgia (საქართველოს სამეფო), also known as the Georgian Empire, was a medieval Eurasian monarchy which emerged circa 1008 AD.

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Laonikos Chalkokondyles

Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Latinized as Laonicus Chalcondyles (Λαόνικος Χαλκοκονδύλης, from λαός "people", νικᾶν "to be victorious", an anagram of Nikolaos which bears the same meaning; c. 1430 – c. 1470), was a Byzantine Greek historian from Athens.

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Mamia Gurieli

Mamia Gurieli (მამია გურიელი) was a member of the House of Dadiani and eristavi ("duke") of Guria in western Georgia in the latter half of the 15th century.

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Maria of Gothia

Maria of Gothia was the first wife of David of Trebizond, last Emperor of Trebizond, whom she married in 1426.

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Matthew Kantakouzenos

Matthew Asen Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus (Greek: Ματθαίος Ασάνης Καντακουζηνός, Matthaios Asanēs Kantakouzēnos, Bulgarian: Матей Асен Кантакузин, "Matey Asen Kantakuzin" c. 1325 – 15 June 1383) was Byzantine Emperor from 1353 to 1357.

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Mehmed the Conqueror

Mehmed II (محمد ثانى, Meḥmed-i sānī; Modern II.; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Fatih Sultan Mehmet), was an Ottoman Sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to May 1481.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.

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Principality of Guria

The Principality of Guria (tr) was a historical state in Georgia.

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Serres

Sérres (Σέρρες) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki.

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Struma (river)

The Struma or Strymónas (Струма; Στρυμόνας; (Struma) Karasu, 'black water') is a river in Bulgaria and Greece.

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Theodore Spandounes

Theodore Spandounes (Θεόδωρος Σπανδούνης, Teodoro Spandugino) was an early 16th-century Greek historian of noble Byzantine extraction, the son of exiles fleeing the Ottoman conquest of Byzantium who had settled in Venice in Italy.

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Trabzon

Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province.

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Uzun Hasan

Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan (1423 – January 6, 1478) (اوزون حسن, Uzun Həsən; Uzun Hasan, where uzun means "tall"; اوزون حسن) was the 9th shahanshah of the Oghuz Turkic Aq Qoyunlu dynasty, also known as the White Sheep Turkomans, and generally considered to be its strongest ruler.

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Walls of Constantinople

The Walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul in Turkey) since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great.

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Zagan Pasha

Zaganos Pasha (Zağanos Paşa; fl. 1446 – 1462 or 1469) was an Ottoman military commander, with the titles and ranks of kapudan pasha and the highest military rank, grand vizier, during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Kantakouzene,_Empress_of_Trebizond

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