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Thomais Orsini, the Glossary

Thomais Orsini (born c. 1330 -) was the queen consort of the Serbian tsar and ruler of Epirus and Thessaly, Simeon Uroš Nemanjić.^[1]

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14th-century Serbian royalty
14th-century Serbian women
Consorts of Epirus
Medieval Serbian royal consorts
Mothers of Serbian monarchs
Mothers of emperors

Acarnania

Acarnania (Akarnanía) is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth.

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Andronikos III Palaiologos

Andronikos III Palaiologos (Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiológos; 25 March 1297 – 15 June 1341), commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341.

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Anna Palaiologina (daughter of Andronikos Angelos Palaiologos)

Anna Palaiologina (Ἅννα Παλαιολογίνα) was a queen-consort of the Despotate of Epirus as wife of John II Orsini. Thomais Orsini and Anna Palaiologina (daughter of Andronikos Angelos Palaiologos) are 14th-century deaths and consorts of Epirus.

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Battle of Achelous (1359)

The Battle of Achelous (also Battle of Acheloos) took place in 1358 or 1359 near the river Achelous in Aetolia, modern Greece, between the forces of the Despotate of Epirus under Nikephoros II Orsini and Albanian tribesmen under Karl Thopia.

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Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347

The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, sometimes referred to as the Second Palaiologan Civil War, was a conflict that broke out in the Byzantine Empire after the death of Andronikos III Palaiologos over the guardianship of his nine-year-old son and heir, John V Palaiologos.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Dardanelles

The Dardanelles (lit; translit), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli peninsula) and in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (Helle), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.

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Despot (court title)

Despot or despotes (lord, master) was a senior Byzantine court title that was bestowed on the sons or sons-in-law of reigning emperors, and initially denoted the heir-apparent of the Byzantine emperor.

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Despotate of Epirus

The Despotate of Epirus (Δεσποτᾶτον τῆς Ἠπείρου) was one of the Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty.

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Enez

Enez is a town in Edirne Province, in East Thrace, Turkey.

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Farsala

Farsala (Φάρσαλα), known in Antiquity as Pharsalos (Φάρσαλος, Pharsalus), is a city in southern Thessaly, in Greece.

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John II Orsini

John II Orsini (Giovanni II Orsini), also John Komnenos Doukas or Comnenus Ducas (Iōannēs Komnēnos Doukas), was count palatine of Cephalonia from 1323 to 1324 and Despot of Epirus from 1323 to 1335. Thomais Orsini and John II Orsini are Orsini family and People of Byzantine descent.

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John Uroš

Jovan Uroš Nemanjić (Јован Урош Немањић) or John Ouresis Doukas Palaiologos or Joasaph of Meteora (Iōannēs Ouresēs Doúkas Palaiologos), was the ruler of Thessaly from c. 1370 to c. 1373, retiring as a monk for the next half century thereafter. Thomais Orsini and John Uroš are 14th-century Serbian royalty and Nemanjić dynasty.

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John V Palaiologos

John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 June 1332 – 16 February 1391) was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to 1391, with interruptions.

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John VI Kantakouzenos

John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós; Johannes Cantacuzenus; – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general.

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Kastoria

Kastoria (Καστοριά, Kastoriá) is a city in northern Greece in the region of Western Macedonia.

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Macedonia (region)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina

Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina or Marija Angelina Nemanjić or Anna Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina (Μαρία Αγγελίνα Δούκαινα Παλαιολογίνα, Марија Ангелина Немањић; 1349 – 28 December 1394) was a Byzantine Greek-Serbian aristocrat and the self-proclaimed basilissa (Greek: βασίλισσα; Empress, queen) of Epirus from 1384–85, succeeding the rule of her murdered husband Thomas Preljubović. Thomais Orsini and Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina are 14th-century Serbian royalty, 14th-century Serbian women, consorts of Epirus, Nemanjić dynasty and People of Byzantine descent.

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Nikephoros II Orsini

Nikephoros II Orsini Doukas (Greek: Νικηφόρος Β΄ Δούκας, Nikēphoros II Doukas), was the ruler of Epirus from 1335 to 1338 and from 1356 until his death in 1359. Thomais Orsini and Nikephoros II Orsini are Orsini family.

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Palaiologos

The House of Palaiologos (Palaiologoi; Παλαιολόγος, pl. Παλαιολόγοι, female version Palaiologina; Παλαιολογίνα), also found in English-language literature as Palaeologus or Palaeologue, was a Byzantine Greek noble family that rose to power and produced the last and longest-ruling dynasty in the history of the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire as a whole.

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Panhypersebastos

The title of (venerable above all) was a Byzantine court title created by Alexios I Komnenos using the imperial root (the Greek translation of Augustus).

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Preljub

Preljub (Прељуб; c. 1312–1356) was a Serbian magnate who served Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55) as vojvoda (general). Thomais Orsini and Preljub are People from the Serbian Empire.

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Queen consort

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social rank and status.

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Serbia in the Middle Ages

The medieval period in the history of Serbia began in the 6th century with the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe, and lasted until the Ottoman conquest of Serbian lands in the second half of the 15th century.

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Serbian Empire

The Serbian Empire (Српско царство / Srpsko carstvo) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia.

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Shkodër

Shkodër (Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality.

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Simeon Uroš

Simeon Uroš (Симеон Урош, Συμεών Ούρεσης; 1326–1370), nicknamed Siniša (Синиша), was a self-proclaimed Emperor of Serbs and Greeks, from 1356 to 1370. Thomais Orsini and Simeon Uroš are 14th-century Serbian royalty, Nemanjić dynasty and People from the Serbian Empire.

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Skopje

Skopje (Скопје; Shkup, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia.

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Stefan Dušan

Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (Стефан Урош IV Душан), also known as Dušan the Mighty (– 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Albanians from 16 April 1346 until his death in 1355. Thomais Orsini and Stefan Dušan are Nemanjić dynasty.

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Stefan Uroš V

Saint Stefan Uroš V (Стефан Урош V,; 13362/4 December 1371), known in historiography and folk tradition as Uroš the Weak (Uroš Nejaki), was the second Emperor (Tsar) of the Serbian Empire (1355–1371), and before that he was Serbian King and co-ruler (since 1346) with his father, Emperor Stefan Dušan. Thomais Orsini and Stefan Uroš V are Nemanjić dynasty.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomais_Orsini

Also known as Thomais of Epeiros.

Thomais Orsini, the Glossary

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14th-century Serbian royalty

14th-century Serbian women

Consorts of Epirus

Medieval Serbian royal consorts

Mothers of Serbian monarchs

Mothers of emperors

References