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Helena Dragaš

c. 1372–1450 · 15th century · Also known as Hypomone

Helena Dragaš was a Serbian noblewoman, daughter of Konstantin Dragaš, who in 1392 married the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos. She was the mother of the last two Byzantine emperors, John VIII and Constantine XI, who used the surname Dragases after her family. She became a nun under the name Hypomone and is venerated as a saint by the Orthodox Church.

Helena Dragaš
Image: Manuel_II_Helena_sons.JPG: unknown, Byzantine period art. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Lordship of Dejanović

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