Anna of Hungary (Byzantine empress)


Anna of Hungary was a Princess of Hungary and Croatia, and a Byzantine Empress by marriage to Andronikos [II Palaiologos].
She was the daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Cuman. Anna was granddaughter of Béla [IV of Hungary].
On 8 November 1273, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos.
Michael IX basilikon.jpg|thumb|Coin of 1304–20 depicting Jesus on one side, and on the other, Anna's widower Andronikos II and her son Michael [IX Palaiologos|Michael IX].]
According to George Pachymeres, the couple had two children:
Anna died before her husband became senior emperor in 1282. However every Palaiologos emperor to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 descended from her through her son Michael. Anna's sister Elizabeth of Hungary, [Queen of Serbia|Elisabeth] and Simonida both married King Stefan Milutin of Serbia.