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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Label Occurrences
Helena Dragaš canonical 18
Helena Dragaš Palaiologina 1
Teodora Dragaš 1

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 Istanbul
surface form: 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 Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
spouse Manuel II Palaiologos
spouseDynasty Palaiologos dynasty
spouseOccupation Byzantine emperor
title Augusta
Byzantine Empire
surface form: Basileia Rhomaion
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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Input
Subject: Helena Dragaš
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constantine XI Palaiologos mother Helena Dragaš
John VIII Palaiologos mother Helena Dragaš
Manuel II Palaiologos spouse Helena Dragaš
Theodore II Palaiologos mother Helena Dragaš
Thomas Palaiologos mother Helena Dragaš
Demetrios Palaiologos mother Helena Dragaš
Dragaš notableBearer Helena Dragaš
Dragaš notableFemaleMember Helena Dragaš
Dragaš mother Helena Dragaš
subject surface form: Constantine XI Palaiologos
Saint Hypomone birthName Helena Dragaš
Agia Ipomoni birthName Helena Dragaš
Agia Ipomoni alsoKnownAs Helena Dragaš
this entity surface form: Helena Dragaš Palaiologina
Empress Helena Palaiologina birthName Helena Dragaš
Dragaš family notableMember Helena Dragaš
Dragaš family notableMember Helena Dragaš
this entity surface form: Teodora Dragaš
Dragaš family fatherOf Helena Dragaš
subject surface form: Konstantin Dragaš
Constantine Palaiologos mother Helena Dragaš
Andronikos Palaiologos mother Helena Dragaš
Andreas Palaiologos grandmother Helena Dragaš