Irene Choumnaina

==Life==

==Life==

In 1303, Irene Choumnaina married the [[Despot (court title)|despot]] [[John Palaiologos (son of Andronikos II)|John Palaiologos]], son of the Byzantine emperor [[Andronikos II Palaiologos|Andronikos II]] and [[Yolande of Montferrat]]. She was entilted empress (''basilissa''), a title of which she was very proud and which she retained for the rest of her life. Widowed in 1307, she wished to become a nun under the influence of [[Theoleptos of Philadelphia|Theoleptos]], bishop of Philadelphia and her spiritual advisor, and took the veil under the name Eulogia. She devoted a large part of her fortune to establishing the {{ill|Monastery of Christ Philanthropos|el|Μοναστήρι του Χριστού Φιλανθρώπου}} in [[Constantinople]].{{Cite book |last=Nicol |first=Donald M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lr7WFLexQyIC |title=The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250-1500 |chapter=Eirene-Eulogia Choumnaina Palaiologina, princess and abbess, died c. 1355 | pages=59–70 |date=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-45531-2 |author-link=Donald Nicol}}

In 1303, Irene Choumnaina married the [[Despot (court title)|despot]] [[John Palaiologos (son of Andronikos II)|John Palaiologos]], son of the Byzantine emperor [[Andronikos II Palaiologos|Andronikos II]] and [[Yolande of Montferrat]]. She was entilted empress (''basilissa''), a title of which she was very proud and which she retained for the rest of her life. Widowed in 1307, she wished to become a nun under the influence of [[Theoleptos of Philadelphia|Theoleptos]], bishop of Philadelphia and her spiritual advisor, and took the veil under the name Eulogia. She devoted a large part of her fortune to establishing the {{ill|Monastery of Christ Philanthropos|el|Μοναστήρι του Χριστού Φιλανθρώπου}} in [[Constantinople]].{{Cite book |last=Nicol |first=Donald M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lr7WFLexQyIC&pg=PA59 |title=The Byzantine Lady: Ten Portraits, 1250-1500 |chapter=Eirene-Eulogia Choumnaina Palaiologina, princess and abbess, died c. 1355 | pages=59–70 |date=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-45531-2 |author-link=Donald Nicol}}

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