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2 unusual facts about Irene Kantakouzene


Irene Kantakouzene

In local tradition she is described as a cruel queen who threw children from highest tower to dark river Đetinja.

Irene soon became ill and died on the night of 2-3 May at Rudnik, where she was buried.


Thomas Kantakouzenos

The Byzantinist Donald Nicol, who researched the family's history, categorically identifies him as the brother of George Palaiologos Kantakouzenos; Giovanni Musachi makes him the brother of Irene Kantakouzene, wife of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković, but incorrectly states Thomas was the son of the Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos, an error DuCange repeats.


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