Helena Kantakouzene - Descendants

Descendants

John V Palaiologos and Helena Kantakouzene had nine known children. Through them, Helena is ancestor to the last six Byzantine emperors and many key members of the Palaiologos imperial family during the last years of the Byzantine Empire. One of John and Helena's great-granddaughters, Zoe Palaiologina, married Ivan III of Russia and became the grandmother of the famous Russian ruler Ivan the Terrible.

1. Andronikos IV Palaiologos (2 April 1348 – 28 June 1385), had 3 children

A. John VII Palaiologos (1370 – 22 September 1408), had 1 child

I. Andronikos V Palaiologos (c. 1400 – c. 1407), died without issue

B. unnamed daughter

C. unnamed daughter

2. Irene Palaiologina (c. 1349 – after 1362)

3. Manuel II Palaiologos (27 June 1350 – 21 July 1425), had 11 children

A. unnamed daughter (possibly confused with Isabella Palaiologina, Manuel II's known illegitimate daughter)

B. Constantine Palaiologos, died without issue

C. John VIII Palaiologos (18 December 1392 – 31 October 1448), died without issue

D. Andronikos Palaiologos, Lord of Thessalonica (1404 – 4 March 1428), had 1 child

I. John Palaiologos

E. unnamed daughter

F. Theodore II Palaiologos, Lord of Morea (c. 1396 – 21 June 1448), had 2 children

I. Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus (3 February 1428 – 11 April 1458), had 2 children

a. Charlotte of Cyprus (28 June 1444 – 16 July 1487), had 1 child

i. unnamed son (died young), died without issue

b. Cleopha de Lusignan (died 8 June 1448), died without issue

II. Thomas Emanuele Pietro Palaiologos

G. Michael Palaiologos (died young), died without issue

H. Constantine XI Palaiologos (8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453), died without issue

I. Demetrios Palaiologos, Despotēs of the Morea (27 June 1350 – 21 July 1425), had 1 child

I. Helena Palaiologina (died before 1470)

J. Thomas Palaiologos, Despotēs of the Morea (1409 – 12 May 1465), had 4 children

I. Helena Palaiologina, Despotess of Serbia (1431 – 7 November 1473), had 3 children

a. Jelena, Queen of Bosnia (1447–1498), had several children

i. several unnamed children (their exact identities and fates are unknown)

b. Milica Brankovic, Despoina of Epirus (died 1464), had 1 child

i. unnamed son (born 1464)

c. Jerina Brankovic, had issue

II. Andreas Palaiologos (1453–1502), had possibly 2 children

a. Constantine Palaiologos

b. Maria Palaiologina

III. Manuel Palaiologos (1455–1512), had 2 children

a. John Palaiologos

b. Andreas Palaiologos

IV. Zoe (renamed "Sophia") Palaiologina (c. 1455 – 7 April 1503), had 8 children

a. Helena Ivanovna, Queen of Poland (19 May 1476 – 20 January 1513), died without issue

b. Vasili III, Tsar of Russia (25 March 1479 – 3 December 1533), had 2 children

i. Ivan IV "the Terrible", Tsar of Russia (25 August 1530 – 28 March 1584), had 8 children

i. Tsarevna Anna Ivanovna of Russia (10 August 1548 – 20 July 1550), died without issue

ii. Tsarevna Maria Ivanovna of Russia (born 17 March 1551), died without issue

iii. Tsarevich Dmitri Ivanovich of Russia (October 1552 – 26 June 1553), died without issue

iv. Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (28 March 1554 – 19 November 1581), died without issue

v. Tsarevna Eudoxia Ivanovna of Russia (26 February 1556 – June 1558), died without issue

vi. Feodor I, Tsar of Russia (31 May 1557 – 6 January 1598), had 1 child

i. Tsarevna Feodosia Feodorovna of Russia (1592–1594), died without issue

vii. Tsarevich Vasili Ivanovich of Russia (21 March 1563 – 3 May 1563), died without issue

viii. Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia (19 October 1582 – 15 May 1591), died without issue

ii. Yuri, Prince of Uglich (30 October 1532 – 24 June 1563), had 1 child

i. Vasili Yurevich (born and died 1560), died without issue

c. Yury Ivanovich, Prince of Dmitrovskoe (23 March 1480 – 3 August 1536), died without issue

d. Dmitry Ivanovich (6 October 1481 - 14 February 1521), died without issue

e. Feadosiya Ivanovna (29 May 1485 - 19 February 1501), died without issue

f. Syamyon Ivanovich, Prince of Kaluga (21 March 1487 - 26 June 1518)

g. Andrey of Staritsa (5 August 1490 – 11 December 1537), had 1 child

i. Vladimir of Staritsa (1533 – 9 October 1569), had 6 children

i. Vasily Vladimirovich (c. 1552 – after 1573), probably died without issue

ii. Jewfemija Vladimirovna (c. 1553 – 1571), probably died without issue

iii. Georgij Vladimirovich (c. 1556 – 6 January 1569), died without issue

iv. Ivan Vladimirovich (c. 1557 – 6 January 1569), died without issue

v. Maria, Queen of Livonia (c. 1560 – 13 May 1610), had 2 children

i. Marie of Oldenburg (c. July 1580 – c. 1597), died without issue

ii. Eudoxia of Oldenburg (c. 1581 – c. 1588), died without issue

vi. Jewdokija Vladimirovna (born 20 March 1560, died young), died without issue

h. Ewdakiya Ivanovna (c. 1492 - February 1513)

4. Theodore I Palaiologos, Lord of Morea (c. 1355 – 24 June 1407), possibly had 1 child

A. unnamed daughter, wife of Edirne Sultan Suleyman Çelebi, died without issue

5. Michael Palaiologos (d. 1376/1377), probably died without issue

6. Maria Palaiologina (d. 1376), died without issue

7. unnamed daughter

8. unnamed daughter, died without issue

9. unnamed daughter, died without issue