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Irene Gattilusio

Irene Gattilusio

Female - 1440    Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

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  • Name Irene Gattilusio 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1 Jun 1440 
    Siblings 5 Siblings 
    Person ID I669728  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2009 

    Father Francesco Jacopo Gattilusio, II,   b. Abt 1365   d. 26 Oct 1404 (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Valentine Doria   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F196294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ioannis Palaiologos, VII,   b. 1370   d. 22 Sep 1408 (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1397 
    Children 
     1. Andronikos V Palaiologos,   b. Abt 1400   d. Abt 1407 (Age 7 years)
    Family ID F294732  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2009 

  • Notes 
    • John VII deposed his paternal grandfather, John V Palaiologos , in 1390. He ruled from 14 April to 17 April 1390 before the restoration of John V to the throne. He managed to keep the title of co-emperor and the domain of Selymbria due to intervention of Bayezid I . His grandfather died the following year. He was succeeded by Manuel II Palaiologos , a paternal uncle of John VII. The sequence of events possibly preceded the marriage of Irene to John VII. She is not mentioned involved in them.
      In time relations between Manuel II and John VII would improve. From 1399 to 1402, Manuel II embarked on a journey of Western Europe , seeking allies to use against Bayezid who was besieging Constantinople . John VII was entrusted with the regency of the city in his absence. By this time Irene was already married to the Regent.
      Bayezid had to end the siege in 1402. Timur , founder of the Timurid dynasty , invaded Anatolia and the Ottoman Empire had to defend itself. The defeat of Bayezid at the Battle of Ankara proved to be his final battle. He died in captivity. Several of his surviving sons would claim the vacant throne in the Ottoman Interregnum (1402 - 1413). Thus divided the Ottomans ceased to be a threat until after the end of the Interregnum. Constantinople was secure for the moment.
      John VII remained in control of Constantinople until the return of Manuel II. He was expelled from the city in 1403, under suspicion of conspiring to regain the throne. John VII and Irene kept their imperial titles and established their own court at Thessaloniki . John VII died on 22 September 1408 .
      Irene survived her husband and retired to Lemnos . She became a nun under the monastic name Eugenia. The chronicle of George Sphrantzes records her date of death and burial in the Church of Pantokrator .



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