Theodora Palaiologina Synadene


Theodora Palaiologina Synadene was the daughter of Constantine Palaiologos and Irene Komnene Laskarina Branaina. Through her father, she was a half-niece of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Early life

Both of Theodora's parents died when she was young and unmarried, after which time she was brought up under the guardianship of her paternal half-uncle, the emperor Michael VIII.

Marriage and children

Sometime after being taken in by her half-uncle, Theodora was married to a Byzantine noble named John Angelos Doukas Synadenos, by whom she had three children:
It was not long after the death of her husband that Theodora decided to create the convent of Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople, bringing her daughter, Euphrosyne, along with her. Sometime in the 14th century, she wrote the Typicon of Bebaia Elpis
The exact year of Theodora's death is unknown, though it was certainly in the 14th century.

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