Jerina Branković (wife of Gjon Kastrioti II)

Jerina Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јерина Бранковић, Italian: Erina), or Irina (Ирина[1]), was the wife of Gjon Kastrioti II.[2][3] She was the third daughter of Lazar Branković and Helena Palaiologina.[4] She had two sisters, Helen (Mary), wife of King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, and Milica, wife of Leonardo III Tocco of Epirus.[4]

Jerina Branković
Full name
Jerina Branković
Noble familyBranković (paternally)
Palaiologos (maternally)
Kastrioti (by marriage)
SpouseGjon Kastrioti II
Issue
Ferrante
Maria
Costantino
FatherLazar Branković
MotherHelena Palaiologina

Gjon Kastrioti II was the conte di Spoleto in 1485, and duca di San Pietro in Galatina in 1495.[4] They had the following issue:

Ancestry

References

  1. Dejan Nikolić (1996). Svi vladari Srbije. Narodna biblioteka "Resavska škola". већ само кћерке - Јелачу (Јелену), Ирину и Милицу
  2. Theodore Spandounes (Spandugnino), De la origine deli Imperatori Ottomani, Sathas, C. N. (ed.) (1890) Documents inédits relatifs à l'histoire de la Grèce au moyen âge, IX (Paris), p. 159
  3. Breve memoria de li discendenti de nostra casa Musachi, p. 284
  4. Cawley, Charles (July 2012), Profile of Lazar Branković, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
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