Palaeologus-Montferrat
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The House of Palaeologus-Montferrat or Palaiologos-Montferrat, or just Palaeologus or Paleologo, was an Italian noble family and a cadet branch of the Palaiologos dynasty, the last ruling family of th
Gold coin of John George Palaeologus, the last Marquis of the Palaeologus-Montferrat line. The coin displays the double-headed eagle iconography of the Palaiologos dynasty.
Portrait of William IX Palaeologus, Marquis of Montferrat 1494–1518
Portrait believed to depict Margaret Paleologa, the last living member of the Palaeologus-Montferrat family
Despotate of Epirus
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The Despotate of Epirus was one of the Greek rump states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty, the Komnenodoukas dynast
Coin of Theodore Komnenos Doukas as Emperor of Thessaloniki, c. 1227
The Paregoretissa Church, the new cathedral of the Despotate's capital, Arta, built in the 13th century during the reign of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas.