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Jerina Branković (wife of Gjon Kastrioti II)

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Not to be confused with Irene Kantakouzene.

Jerina Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јерина Бранковић, Italian: Erina), or Irina (Ирина[1]), was the wife of Gjon Kastrioti II.[2][3] She was the third daughter of Lazar Branković and Helena Palaiologina.[4] She had two sisters, Helen (Mary), wife of King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, and Milica, wife of Leonardo III Tocco of Epirus.[4]

Gjon Kastrioti II was the conte di Spoleto in 1485, and duca di San Pietro in Galatina in 1495.[4] They had the following issue:

  • Ferrante[3] (d. 1561), duke of San Pietro in Galatina
  • Maria[3] (d. 1569)

Ancestry

Family of Jerina Branković (wife of Gjon Kastrioti II)
16. Branko Mladenović
8. Vuk Branković
4. Đurađ I Branković
18. Lazar Hrebeljanović
9. Maria Lazarević
19. Milica Nemanjić
2. Lazar Branković
5. Eirene Kantakouzene
1. Jerina
24. John V Palaiologos
12. Manuel II Palaiologos
25. Helena Kantakouzene
6. Thomas Palaiologos
26. Constantine Dragaš
13. Helena Dragaš
27. Unnamed first wife
3. Helena Palaiologina
28. Andronikos Asen Zaccaria
14. Centurione II Zaccaria
29. Daughter of Erard III Le Maure, Baron of Arcadia
7. Catherine Zaccaria
30. Leonardo II Tocco
15. Creusa Tocco

References

  1. ^ Dejan Nikolić (1996). Svi vladari Srbije. Narodna biblioteka "Resavska škola". већ само кћерке - Јелачу (Јелену), Ирину и Милицу
  2. ^ Theodore Spandounes (Spandugnino), De la origine deli Imperatori Ottomani, Sathas, C. N. (ed.) (1890) Documents inédits relatifs à l'histoire de la Grèce au moyen âge, IX (Paris), p. 159
  3. ^ a b c Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi, p. 284
  4. ^ a b c Template:MLCC
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