Irene of Brunswick (fl. 1300s)

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Irene of Brunswick (fl. 1300s)

Byzantine (Nicaean) empress. Name variations: Adelheid of Brunswick; Adelheid-Irene of Brunswick. Flourished in the 1300s; first wife of Andronikos also spelled Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine (Nicaean) emperor (r. 1328–1341). Andronicus' second wife was Anne of Savoy (c. 1320–1353).

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Irene of Brunswick (fl. 1300s)

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