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Sophia Palaiologina

1455 - 1503

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Sophia Fominichna Palaiologina or Paleologue (Russian: София Фоминична Палеолог, romanized: Sofiya Fominichna Paleolog; born Zoe Palaiologina; Medieval Greek: Ζωή Παλαιολογίνα; c. 1449 – 7 April 1503) was a Byzantine princess from the Palaiologos imperial dynasty and the grand princess of Moscow as the second wife of Ivan III of Russia. Her father was Thomas Palaiologos, the despot of the Morea. Through her eldest son, Vasili III, she was the grandmother of Ivan IV, the first crowned tsar of all Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophia Palaiologina is the 2,371st most popular politician (down from 1,953rd in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Greece (down from 147th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Greek Politician.

Sophia Palaiologina is most famous for being the last Byzantine empress. She was the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos and his wife, Theodora Palaiologina, who was a daughter of the Byzantine emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos. Sophia was married to Andronikos IV Palaiologos, who was the son of her father's co-ruler, John V Palaiologos. She was also the sister of the Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaiologos.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 2,371 out of 19,576. Before her are Naoto Kan, Nikola IV Zrinski, U Nu, Bumin Qaghan, Bounnhang Vorachith, and Eric VI of Denmark. After her are Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Elsa Einstein, William V, Prince of Orange, Stephen II of Hungary, and Louise of Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1455, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 4. Before her are John, King of Denmark, John II of Portugal, and Johann Reuchlin. After her are Andrea Gritti, Ascanio Sforza, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, George, Duke of Bavaria, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, and Jean Hey. Among people deceased in 1503, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 5. Before her are Pope Alexander VI, Pope Pius III, Elizabeth of York, and Piero the Unfortunate. After her are Sten Sture the Elder, Margaret of York, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Bona of Savoy, George, Duke of Bavaria, Pierre d'Aubusson, and Peter Schöffer.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 164 out of 1,024. Before her are Philip V of Macedon (-238), Panaetius (-185), Pausanias (null), Cleon (-450), Lysander (-401), and Andronicus of Rhodes (-100). After her are Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Hellanicus of Lesbos (-490), Spyridon Louis (1873), Epimenides (-690), Speusippus (-407), and Caranus of Macedon (-900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 63. Before her are Antonia the Elder (-39), Hipparchus (-600), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), and Philip V of Macedon (-238). After her are Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Caranus of Macedon (-900), Aeschines (-389), Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), and Yanis Varoufakis (1961).

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