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Sophia Palaiologina
Read more...Sophia Palaiologina was the daughter of Thomas Palaiologos (Despot of Morea) and Princess Catherine Zaccaria of Achaea. She was also a niece of the last Byzantine emperor Constantine XI. She married ...
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Princess Maria of Tver
Read more...Princess Maria of Tver was the daughter of Grand Prince Boris of Tver and his second wife Anastasia. She was born in 1442. She married Grand Prince Ivan III when he was twelve and she was ten. Died o...
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