Rita of Armenia
Deceased Person
1278 – 1333
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Who was Rita of Armenia?
Rita of Armenia was a daughter of King Levon II 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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- 1278
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- Died
- Jul 1, 1333
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on July 23, 2013
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