Anna of Hungary

Who was Anna of Hungary?

Anna of Hungary was a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Cuman, who was daughter of Köten, a chief of the Cuman tribe. Her mother had been a pagan before her marriage.

On 8 November 1273, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos. He was the eldest surviving son of Michael VIII Palaiologos and Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina. He was co-emperor with his father since September 1261.

According to George Pachymeres, the couple had two children:

⁕Michael IX Palaiologos.

⁕Constantine Palaiologos, despotes.. Married firstly Eudokia, a daughter of Theodore Mouzalon and a woman of the Kantakouzenos family. Married secondly Eudokia Neokaisareitissa. He also had a mistress, Kathara, who was in the service of his second wife. Constantine was forced to become a monk by his nephew Andronikos III Palaiologos.

⁕Eudokia Palaiologina. Only legitimate daughter of Constantine and Eudokia Neokaisareitissa. John VI Kantakouzenos records her marriage to Demetrios Tsamplakos, megas stratopedarches.

⁕Michael Katharos. Illegitimate son of Constantine and Kathara. A favorite of his paternal grandfather Andronikos II in the later years of his reign.