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Helena Dragaš

1372 - 1450

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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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  • 160k

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  • 64.32

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.80

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  • 1.73

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Among companions, Helena Dragaš ranks 156 out of 673Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1372, Helena Dragaš ranks 3Before 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 3Before 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.

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