Komnena Nemanjić

Komnena Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Комнена Немањић; fl. 1208–1215) was the Duchess consort of Dimitri Progoni, the megas archon of Kruja, and later Gregory Kamonas, the archon of Elbasan. She was the daughter of Serbian King Stephen II Nemanjić (r. 1196–1228).[1]

Komnena Nemanjić
Duchess consort of Kruja and Elbasan
Tenurefl. 1208–1215
SpousesDimitri Progoni (1208–1215)
Gregory Kamonas (after 1215)
Dynasty Nemanjić
FatherStephen II Nemanjić
MotherEudokia Angelina

Life

Komnena was born to King Stephen II and his wife Eudokia Angelina, and was thus a granddaughter of Emperor Alexios III Angelos.[1] She had three brothers: Stephen Radoslav (r. 1228–1233), Stephen Vladislav I (r. 1233–1243) and Predislav (the third Serbian Archbishop as Saint Sava II, after uncle Sava).

She married Dimitri in 1208, and a brief alliance was formed between Serbia and Arbanon amidst conflicts with the Republic of Venice. After Dimitrii died in 1215, the power was left to Komnena,[2] who shortly afterwards married Greco-Albanian lord Gregory Kamonas. He assumed control over Kruja,[3] strengthening relations with Serbia, which had been weakened after a Serbian assault on Shkodër.

She had a daughter with Gregorios who married Golem of Kruja.[4]

References
  1. REDAKCIJA ZA ISTORIJU CRNE GORE: ISTORIJA CRNE GORE, book 2, tom 1, Titograd, 1970, pp. 8-9.
  2. The despotate of Epiros, p. 48
  3. The despotate of Epiros, p. 156
  4. The Genealogist, Volumes 1-2

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