Jerina Branković (wife of Gjon Kastrioti II)

Not to be confused with Irene Kantakouzene.

Jerina Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јерина Бранковић, Italian: Erina), or Irina (Ирина[1]), was the wife of Gjon Kastrioti II.[2][3] She was the third daughter of Lazar Branković and Helena Palaiologina.[4] She had two sisters, Helen (Mary), wife of King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, and Milica, wife of Leonardo III Tocco of Epirus.[4]

Gjon Kastrioti II was the conte di Spoleto in 1485, and duca di San Pietro in Galatina in 1495.[4] They had the following issue:

Ancestry

References

  1. Dejan Nikolić (1996). Svi vladari Srbije. Narodna biblioteka "Resavska škola". већ само кћерке - Јелачу (Јелену), Ирину и Милицу
  2. 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
  3. 1 2 3 Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi, p. 284
  4. 1 2 3 Cawley, Charles, Profile of Lazar Branković, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved July 2012
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