1372 - 1450
Helena Dragaš (Serbian: Јелена Драгаш, romanized: Jelena Dragaš; Greek: Ἑλένη Δραγάση, romanized: Helénē Dragásē; c. 1372 – 23 March 1450) was the empress consort of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos and mother of the last two emperors, John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos. She served as interim regent of the Byzantine empire after the death of her son John VIII in 1448 until the enthronement of her son Constantine XI in 1449. Later in life she became a nun. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helena Dragaš has received more than 156,709 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Helena Dragaš is the 156th most popular companion (up from 162nd in 2019).
Helena Dragas is most famous for being the first female president of the University of Pittsburgh.
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Among companions, Helena Dragaš ranks 156 out of 673. Before her are Hümaşah Sultan, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Joanna of Bourbon, Mumtaz Mahal, Anne of Foix-Candale, and Margaret of Provence. After her are Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Matilda of Flanders, Maud of Wales, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, and Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.
1540 - 1592
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 150
1599 - 1655
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 151
1338 - 1378
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 152
1593 - 1631
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 153
1484 - 1506
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 154
1221 - 1295
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 155
1372 - 1450
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 156
1709 - 1742
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 157
1896 - 1982
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 158
1031 - 1083
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 159
1869 - 1938
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 160
1750 - 1762
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 161
1848 - 1939
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 162
Among people born in 1372, Helena Dragaš ranks 3. Before her are Louis I, Duke of Orléans and Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani. After her are Olivera Despina and Elizabeth Granowska. Among people deceased in 1450, Helena Dragaš ranks 3. Before her are Sejong the Great and Agnès Sorel. After her are Stefano di Giovanni, Abdal-Latif Mirza, Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, Francis I, Duke of Brittany, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Nuno Gonçalves, Bengt Jönsson, Nils Jönsson, and William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
1372 - 1407
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1
1372 - 1449
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 2
1372 - 1450
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 3
1372 - 1444
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 4
1372 - 1420
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 5
1397 - 1450
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 1
1422 - 1450
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 2
1372 - 1450
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 3
1392 - 1450
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4
1420 - 1450
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 5
1386 - 1450
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 6
1414 - 1450
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 7
1389 - 1450
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 8
1500 - 1450
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 9
1390 - 1450
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 10
1390 - 1450
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 11
1396 - 1450
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12