{"id":"anna-of-savoy","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anna-of-savoy","language":"en","name":"Anna of Savoy","name_en":"Anna of Savoy","name_ne":null,"description":"Princess of Savoy, Byzantine Empress consort, as the second wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos (1306-1365) and Othodox blessed","headline":"Princess of Savoy, Byzantine Empress consort, as the second wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos (1306-1365) and Othodox blessed","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Anna of Savoy, born Giovanna (1306–1365), was a Byzantine Empress consort, as the second spouse of Andronikos III Palaiologos. She served as regent, with the titles augusta and autokratorissa, during the minority of her son John V Palaiologos from 1341 until 1347, and later ruled Thessalonica autonomously from 1351. In Byzantium, she was known as Anna Palaiologina, owing to her marriage to Andronikos.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1306","date":"1306"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240407#P569"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1365","date":"1365"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240407#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Thessaloniki","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17151"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240407#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Byzantine Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12544"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240407#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"sovereign","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2304859"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240407#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Andronikos III Palaiologos","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37063"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240407#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"regent (15 June 1341 – 3 February 1347)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477406","start":"1341-06-15","end":"1347-02-03"},{"text":"Byzantine empress (1326–1341)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81299243","start":"1326","end":"1341-06-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240407#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_of_Savoy","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240407"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Anna of Savoy born?","a":"Anna of Savoy was born on 1306."},{"q":"What positions has Anna of Savoy held?","a":"Positions held by Anna of Savoy include: regent (1341–1347); Byzantine empress (1326–1341)."}],"related":[{"name":"Gyanendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gyanendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Ferdinand II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Berengaria of Castile","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/berengaria-of-castile"},{"name":"John II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Pope Adrian VI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-adrian-vi"},{"name":"Ferdinand I of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-i-of-aragon"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/anna-of-savoy-163299de65.jpg","width":500,"height":778,"license":"Public domain","credit":"EmpressAnnaofSavoy.JPG : unknown, Byzantine period art derivative work: Constantine ✍","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_of_Savoy.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Anna of Savoy","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_of_Savoy","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q240407","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240407","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Anna of Savoy.jpg by EmpressAnnaofSavoy.JPG : unknown, Byzantine period art derivative work: Constantine ✍ (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_of_Savoy.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Anna of Savoy, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Anna of Savoy.jpg — EmpressAnnaofSavoy.JPG : unknown, Byzantine period art derivative work: Constantine ✍, Public domain.","cite":"\"Anna of Savoy\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/anna-of-savoy. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:57:45Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/anna-of-savoy","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/anna-of-savoy","ne":null}}