Helena Dragaš

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Byzantine empress Byzantine royal consort Eastern Orthodox saint Serbian noblewoman regent

Helena Dragaš was a Serbian-born Byzantine empress and regent, best known as the mother of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, and later revered as Saint Hypomone in the Orthodox Church.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine empress → Byzantine royal consort → Eastern Orthodox saint → Serbian noblewoman → regent →
alsoKnownAs	Agia Ipomoni → Empress Helena Palaiologina → Hypomone → Saint Hypomone →
associatedWith	fall of the Byzantine Empire → late Byzantine period →
birthPlace	Serbia →
canonizationStatus	canonized saint →
child	Constantine XI Palaiologos → Demetrios Palaiologos → John VIII Palaiologos → Theodore II Palaiologos → Thomas Palaiologos →
countryOfCitizenship	Byzantine Empire → Serbian Despotate →
culture	Byzantine →
deathPlace	Constantinople →
ethnicOrigin	Serbian →
familyName	Dragaš →
feastDay	March 13 →
givenName	Helena →
memberOf	Dragaš family → Palaiologos dynasty →
motherOf	Constantine XI Palaiologos → Demetrios Palaiologos → John VIII Palaiologos → Theodore II Palaiologos → Thomas Palaiologos →
notableFor	being the mother of the last Byzantine emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos → pious life and patience commemorated under the name Hypomone (Patience) → serving as regent of the Byzantine Empire →
positionHeld	Byzantine dowager empress → Byzantine empress consort → regent of the Byzantine Empire →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy →
spouse	Manuel II Palaiologos →
spouseDynasty	Palaiologos dynasty →
spouseOccupation	Byzantine emperor →
title	Augusta → Basileia Rhomaion →
veneratedIn	Eastern Orthodox Church →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Constantine XI Palaiologos → Demetrios Palaiologos → John VIII Palaiologos → Theodore II Palaiologos → Thomas Palaiologos →	mother
Manuel II Palaiologos →	spouse