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POLITICIAN

Sophia Palaiologina

1455 - 1503

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Sophia Fominichna Palaiologina or Paleologue (Russian: София Фоминична Палеолог, romanized: Sofiya Fominichna Paleolog; born Zoe Palaiologina; Medieval Greek: Ζωή Παλαιολογίνα; c. 1449 – 7 April 1503) was a Byzantine princess from the Palaiologos imperial dynasty and the grand princess of Moscow as the second wife of Ivan III of Russia. Her father was Thomas Palaiologos, the despot of the Morea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sophia Palaiologina has received more than 552,635 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Sophia Palaiologina is the 1,780th most popular politician (down from 1,774th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Greece (up from 145th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Greek Politician.

Sophia Palaiologina is most famous for being the last Byzantine empress. She was the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos and his wife, Theodora Palaiologina, who was a daughter of the Byzantine emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos. Sophia was married to Andronikos IV Palaiologos, who was the son of her father's co-ruler, John V Palaiologos. She was also the sister of the Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaiologos.

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  • 31

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 1,780 out of 15,577Before her are Nelson Rockefeller, Yolande de Polastron, Kaidu, Ish-bosheth, Peter II of Aragon, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After her are Pyotr Stolypin, Myeongjong of Joseon, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Michael V Kalaphates, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria, and Kurt Daluege.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1455, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 3Before her are John II of Portugal and John, King of Denmark. After her are Johann Reuchlin, Andrea Gritti, Ascanio Sforza, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, George, Duke of Bavaria, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, and Jean Hey. Among people deceased in 1503, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 5Before her are Pope Alexander VI, Pope Pius III, Elizabeth of York, and Piero the Unfortunate. After her are Margaret of York, Sten Sture the Elder, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Bona of Savoy, George, Duke of Bavaria, Pierre d'Aubusson, and Giovanni Pontano.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 144 out of 936Before her are Epimenides (-690), Parmenion (-400), Callicrates (-470), Saint Giles (640), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), and Apollodorus of Athens (-180). After her are Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Agesilaus II (-444), Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Pausanias (null), and Craterus (-370).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Sophia Palaiologina ranks 52Before her are Perseus of Macedon (-212), Gülnuş Sultan (1642), Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), and Ephialtes of Trachis (-550). After her are Agesilaus II (-444), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Pleistarchus (-500), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Antonia Minor (-36), and Cleomenes I (-600).