Theodora Angelina Palaiologina
Theodora Angelina Palaiologina was a Byzantine noblewoman and mother of the future Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty. She was the daughter of the despotes Alexios Palaiologos and Irene Komnene Angelina, the daughter of Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera.Family
She was married with Andronikos Palaiologos, the megas domestikos of the Empire of Nicaea. Theodora and Andronikos had four children:
