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Irene Asanina

1400 - 1354

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Irene Asanina (Greek: Εἰρήνη Ἀσανίνα; died after 1354), was the empress consort of John VI Kantakouzenos of the Byzantine Empire. She is known to have participated in military issues in a degree uncommon for a Byzantine empress. She commanded the garrison of Didymoteicho during the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, and organized the defense of Constantinople against the Genoese in 1348, and the forces of John V in 1353. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irene Asanina is the 9,571st most popular politician (down from 8,512th in 2019). (down from 1,640th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Irene Asanina ranks 9,571 out of 19,576Before her are Ekkathat, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, and Childebrand I. After her are Otto Orseolo, Quietus, Clotilde, David Axelrod, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Sonthi Boonyaratglin.

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Among people born in 1400, Irene Asanina ranks 26Before her are Jang Yeong-sil, Doukas, Didacus of Alcalá, Goharshad Begum, Bartolomeu Perestrello, and Balša II. After her are Michael Szilágyi, Sāyaṇa, Johann Fust, Abella, Michael Critobulus, and Hans Multscher. Among people deceased in 1354, Irene Asanina ranks 6Before her are Cola di Rienzo, Yusuf I of Granada, Andrea Dandolo, Baldwin of Luxembourg, and Charles de la Cerda. After her are Giovanni Visconti, Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Mary of Avesnes.

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