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Personal data Michael IX PALAIOLOGOS 

• He was born on April 17, 1277 in Constantinople, Byzantium, Turkey.
• He died on October 12, 1320 in Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, he was 43 years old.
• A child of Andronikos II PALAIOLOGOS and Anna of HUNGARY

Household of Michael IX PALAIOLOGOS

He is married to Rita of ARMENIA.

They got married on January 16, 1294, he was 16 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Manuel PALAIOLOGOS  ± 1299-????
2. Theodora PALAIOLOGINA  ± 1294-> 1330
3. Anna PALAIOLOGINA  ± 1295-1320
4. Andronikos III PALAIOLOGOS  1297-1341 

Notes about Michael IX PALAIOLOGOS

Michael IX Palaiologos or Palaeologus 17 April 1277 - 12 October 1320, Thessalonica, reigned as Byzantine co-emperor with full imperial style 1294/1295-1320. Michael IX was the eldest son of Andronikos II Palaiologos and Anna of Hungary, daughter of Stephen V of Hungary.

Michael IX Palaiologos was acclaimed co-emperor in 1281 and was crowned in 1294 or 1295. In 1300, he was sent at the head of Alanian mercenaries against the Turks in Asia Minor, and in 1304-1305 he was charged with dealing with the rebellious Catalan Company. After successfully organizing the murder of the Catalan commander Roger de Flor in an elaborate plot, Michael IX led the Byzantine troops (augmented by Turks and 5-8,000 Alans) against the furious Catalans (who swore revenge for the assassination of their commander), but was decisively defeated at the Battle of Apros. He was also heavily injured during that battle; a Catalan soldier named Bernad Ferrer seized him, whipped him and slashed his face.

A brave and energetic soldier willing to make personal sacrifices to pay or encourage his troops, Michael IX was generally unable to overcome the Catalans and is the only Palaiologan emperor to predecease his father. Michael IX's premature death at age 43 was attributed in part to grief over the accidental murder of his younger son Manuel Palaiologos by retainers of his older son and co-emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos.

Family
Michael IX Palaiologos married Rita of Armenia (renamed Maria, later nun Xene), daughter of King Leo III of Armenia and Queen Keran of Armenia on 16 January 1294. By this marriage, Michael IX had several children, including:

Andronikos III Palaiologos
Manuel Palaiologos, despotēs
Anna Palaiologina, who married Thomas I Komnenos Doukas and then Nicholas Orsini.
Theodora Palaiologina, who married Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria and then Michael Asen III of Bulgaria.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_IX_Palaiologos
http://genealogy.euweb.cz/byzant/byzant8.html#MA3

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