Jerina Branković ( sr-cyr, Јерина Бранковић, it, Erina), or Irina (Ирина
), was the wife of
Gjon Kastrioti II
Gjon II Kastrioti ( it, Ioanne Castrioto,Theodore Spandounes (Spandugnino), De la origine deli Imperatori Ottomani, Sathas, C. N. (ed.) (1890) Documents inédits relatifs à l'histoire de la Grèce au moyen âge, IX (Paris), p. 159 Giovanni Cast ...
.
[Theodore Spandounes (Spandugnino), De la origine deli Imperatori Ottomani, Sathas, C. N. (ed.) (1890) Documents inédits relatifs à l'histoire de la Grèce au moyen âge, IX (Paris), p. 159][Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi, p. 284] She was the third daughter of
Lazar Branković
Lazar Branković ( sr-cyr, Лазар Бранковић; c. 1421 – 20 February 1458) was a Serbian despot, prince of Rascia from 1456 to 1458. He was the third son of Đurađ Branković and his wife Eirene Kantakouzene. He was succeeded by hi ...
and
Helena Palaiologina
Helena Palaiologina ( el, ; 3 February 1428 – 11 April 1458) was a Byzantine princess of the Palaiologos family, who became Queen of Cyprus and Armenia, titular Queen consort of Jerusalem, and Princess of Antioch through her marriage to King ...
.
She had two sisters,
Helen (Mary), wife of King
Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, and
Milica
Milica ( sr-Cyrl, Милица; pronounced 'Millitsa') is a feminine name popular in Balkan countries. It is a diminutive form of the given name Mila, meaning 'kind', 'dear' or 'sweet'. The name was used for a number of queens and princesses, inc ...
, wife of
Leonardo III Tocco of
Epirus
sq, Epiri rup, Epiru
, native_name_lang =
, settlement_type = Historical region
, image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg
, map_alt =
, map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinri ...
.
[
Gjon Kastrioti II was the ''conte di Spoleto'' in 1485, and ''duca di San Pietro'' in ]Galatina
Galatina ( el, label=Griko, Ας Πέτρο, As Pètro; scn, label=Salentino, San Pietru), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina, is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy. It is situated ...
in 1495.[ They had the following issue:
* ]Costantino Costantino is both a masculine Italian given name and an Italian surname. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name
*Costantino Affer (1906–1987), Italian medallist
*Costantino Barbella (1853–1925), Italian sculptor
*Cost ...
(b. 1477 d. 1500), Bishop of Isernia
The Italian Catholic diocese of Isernia-Venafro ( la, Dioecesis Aeserniensis-Venafrensis) in Molise, is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano. In 1852 the historic diocese of Isernia was combined with the diocese of Venafro, to form ...
* Ferrante[ (d. 1561), Duke of San Pietro in Galatina
* Maria][ (d. 1569)
]
Ancestry
References
15th-century Serbian royalty
Branković dynasty
Medieval Serbian princesses
People of the Serbian Despotate
Medieval Serbian people of Greek descent
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House of Kastrioti
15th-century Serbian women
Princesses consort of Albania