Helena Dragaš

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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.


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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


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