Komnena Nemanjić

Albanian Duchess Consort
Komnena Nemanjić
Princess Consort of Arbanon
Tenurefl. 1208–1215
SpousesDhimitër Progoni (1208–1215)
Grigor Kamona (after 1215)
IssueUnnamed Daughter
DynastyNemanjić (by birth)
Progoni (by marriage)
FatherStephen II Nemanjić
MotherEudokia Angelina

Komnena Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Комнена Немањић; fl. 1208–1215) was the Princess consort of Dhimitër Progoni, the Albanian Prince of Albania (Princeps Albaniae) of Arbanon, and later Grigor Kamona, the Archon of Scampis. She was the daughter of Serbian King Stephen II Nemanjić (r. 1196–1228).[1]

Life

Komnena was born to King Stephen II and his wife Eudokia Angelina, and was thus a granddaughter of Emperor Alexios III Angelos.[1] She had three brothers: Stephen Radoslav (r. 1228–1233), Stephen Vladislav I (r. 1233–1243) and Predislav (the third Serbian Archbishop as Saint Sava II, after uncle Sava).

She married Dhimitër Progoni in 1208, and a brief alliance was formed between Serbia and Arbanon amidst conflicts with the Republic of Venice. After Dhimitër died in 1215, the power was left to Komnena,[2] who shortly afterward married Greco-Albanian lord Grigor Kamona. He assumed control over Kruja,[3] strengthening relations with Serbia, which had been weakened after a Serbian assault on Shkodër.

She had a daughter with Gregorios who married Golem of Kruja.[4]

Ancestors of Komnena Nemanjić
16. Uroš I of Rascia
Serbian Grand Prince
8. Zavida
Serbian Prince
17. Anna Diogene
4. Stefan Nemanja
Serbian Grand Prince
2. Stefan II the First-crowned
Serbian King
5. Anastasija
1. Komnena Nemanjić
24. Constantine Angelos
12. Andronikos Doukas Angelos
25. Theodora Komnene
6. Alexios III Angelos
Byzantine Emperor
13. Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa
3. Eudokia Angelina
14. Andronikos Doukas Kamateros
7. Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina

References

  1. ^ a b REDAKCIJA ZA ISTORIJU CRNE GORE: ISTORIJA CRNE GORE, book 2, tom 1, Titograd, 1970, pp. 8-9.
  2. ^ The despotate of Epiros, p. 48
  3. ^ The despotate of Epiros, p. 156
  4. ^ The Genealogist, Volumes 1-2

Sources

  • Skenderbeg, Makedonci i akademik Kaplan Burović
  • The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 1198-c. 1300, p. 786
  • The despotate of Epiros
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