Catherine of Achaea (d. 1465)

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Catherine of Achaea (d. 1465)

Byzantine royal and member of the powerful Paleologi family. Died in 1465; married Thomas Paleologus (younger brother of Constantine IX, emperor of Byzantium), despot of Morea (present-day Greece); children: Sophia of Byzantium (1448–1503); and two sons.

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