Michael IX Palaiologos
Michael IX Palaiologos or Palaeologus ("Mikhaēl IX Palaiologos"), (17 April 1277 – 12 October 1320, Thessalonica, reigned as Byzantine co-emperor with full imperial style 1294/1295–1320.
Michael IX was the eldest son of Andronikos II Palaiologos and Anna of Hungary, daughter of Stephen V of Hungary.
Andronikos III Palaiologos
Andronikos III Palaiologos( 25 March 1297 – 15 June 1341), commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341.
Born Andronikos Doukas Angelos Komnenos Palaiologos, he was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia.
He was proclaimed co-emperor in his youth, before 1313, and in April 1321 he rebelled in opposition to his grandfather, Andronikos II Palaiologos.
He was formally crowned co-emperor in February 1325, before ousting his grandfather outright and becoming sole emperor on 24 May 1328.
His reign included the last failed attempts to hold back the Ottoman Turks in Bithynia and the defeat at Rusokastro against the Bulgarians, but also the successful recovery of Chios, Lesbos, Phocaea, Thessaly, and Epirus.
His early death left a power vacuum that resulted in the disastrous civil war between his Empress- dowager, Anna of Savoy, and his closest friend and supporter, John VI Kantakouzenos.
Irene of Brunswick
Irene of Brunswick, born Adelheid,( c. 1293 – 16/17 August 1324) was the first wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos, and by marriage Empress of Constantinople, although she died before her husband became sole Emperor.
She was a daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg and Agnes of Meissen.
Her maternal grandparents were Albert II, Margrave of Meissen and Margaret of Sicily.
In March, 1318, she married Prince Andronikos Palaiologos.
He was the eldest son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia.
Her father- in- law was at the time junior co-emperor with his own father, Andronikos II Palaiologos.
She joined the Eastern Orthodox Church with her marriage and took the name Irene.
They had a son( June 1320 – February 1322).
She died in Rhaedestos during the civil war between Andronikos II and Andronikos III from 1321 to 1328.
Her husband claimed the throne for its duration, making her the empress to a rival emperor.
Her husband proceeded to marry Anna of Savoy.
Mike Williams (singer)
Michael IX Williams is the singer of American sludge metal band Eyehategod and the former associate editor of "Metal Maniacs".
He has also worked on other projects.
Sophonias (commentator)
Sophonias( fl. 13th – 14th century) was a Byzantine monk who wrote commentaries or paraphrases of the works of Aristotle including" De AnimaSophistici ElenchiPrior Analytics", and the" Parva Naturalia", which are still extant.
Little is known about Sophonias, except that he was probably the monk sent by Michael IX Palaiologos on an abortive mission to arrange a marriage between Michael and a western princess around 1295.
Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)
Anna of Hungary (1260 – 1281) was a Princess of Hungary and Croatia, the daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Cuman.
On 8 November 1273, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos.
According to George Pachymeres, the couple had two children:
Anna died before her husband became senior emperor in 1282.
However every Palaiologos emperor to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 descended from her through her son Michael.
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Theodora Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria
Thodora Palaiologina was a Byzantine princess who became a Bulgarian empress as wife of the emperors Theodore Svetoslav from 1308 to his death in 1321, and Michael Shishman from 1324 to his fall in the Battle of Velbazhd on 28 July 1330.
She was a daughter of the Byzantine emperor Michael IX Palaiologos( r. 1295 – 1320), son and co-ruler of Andronikos II Palaiologos( r. 1282– 1328), and Rita of Armenia who was a daughter of the ruler of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
She was a sister of Byzantine emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos( r. 1328–1341).
Anna Palaiologina (daughter of Michael IX)
Anna Palaiologina was a Byzantine princess and queen- consort(" basilissa") of the Despotate of Epirus.
She was a daughter of the Byzantine co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos and his wife Rita of Armenia.
Already in 1304, her hand was sought by the Epirote regent, Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene, for her son Thomas I Komnenos Doukas; the marriage eventually took place in ca. 1307.
When Thomas was murdered by his nephew, Nicholas Orsini, in 1318, the latter took Anna as his wife.
She died in 1320.
Rita of Armenia
Rita of Armenia (10/11 January 1278 – July 1333) was a Byzantine Empress consort.
She was the daughter of King Levon III of Armenia and Queen Keran.
She was the wife of Byzantine co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos, making her a junior empress-consort of the Byzantine Empire.
In 1317, she became the only empress upon the death of the senior empress, Irene of Montferrat.
She was known as Maria in Constantinople.

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