Anna of Hungary (d. around 1284)

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Anna of Hungary (d. around 1284)

Byzantine empress. Died young, around 1284; daughter of Stephen V, king of Hungary (r. 1270–1272), and Elizabeth of Kumania ; became first wife of Andronicus II Paleologus (1259–1332), emperor of Nicaea (r. 1282–1328), in 1274; children: Michael IX Paleologus (d. 1320), Byzantine co-emperor (r. 1295–1320); Constantine. Andronicus II's second wife was Irene of Montferrat .

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