Maria Megale Komnene, known as Maria of Trebizond, was Byzantine Empress by marriage to the Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaiologos. She was the last crowned Byzantine empress.
Possible depiction of Maria in the fresco Saint George and the Princess by Pisanello
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Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Historically known as Trebizond, the city was founded in 756 BC as Trapezous by Greek colonists fro
Maria Komnene (daughter of Alexios IV)
…Kantakouzene. In September 1427, Maria was married to John VIII Palaiologos by Patriarch Joseph II in Constantinople, having arrived by ship from Trebizond on the last day of August; the connection had been negotiated through ambassadors sent from Constantinople the previous year. The Ecthesis Chronica…
Trebisonda, ex chiesa della panagia Chrysokephalos, oggi moschea fatih, esterno 01
Atatürkköskü panoramio
Uzungöl, Trabzon
Hagia Sophia Trabzon