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Sophia Palaiologina
Born:
circa 1455
Died:
1503
Sophia Palaiologina was the daughter of Thomas Palaiologos (Despot of Morea) and Princess Catherine Zaccaria of Achaea. She was also a niece of the last Byzantine emperor Constantine XI. She married Grand Prince Ivan III on 12 November 1472 and died on 7 April 1503.
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