Background
She was the daughter of panhypersebastos John Palaiologos, and great-niece of Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (r 1282–1328). Her father was the governor of Thessaloniki in the early 1320s.
She was the daughter of panhypersebastos John Palaiologos, and great-niece of Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (r 1282–1328). Her father was the governor of Thessaloniki in the early 1320s.
Her maternal grandfather was megas logothetēs Theodore Metochites. Stephen Uroš III had earlier been married to Theodora of Bulgaria, but the marriage ended in with Theodora"s death on 20 December 1322. Uroš III then married Maria in 1324.
The royal couple"s marriage lasted until her husband"s death.
Dušan the Mighty did not harm their family, Maria took monastic vows as Marta, and in 1348, Simeon became a governor of the southern provinces of the Serbian Empire. Maria died on April 7, 1355, and was buried in Skopje.
Jelena, married Duke Mladen III Šubić of Bribir (r 1315 - 1348)
Teodora, married Despot Dejan of Kumanovo (fl 1355)
Ancestry.