Sophia of Montferrat (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sophia of Montferrat (or Sophia Palaiologina) (died 21 August 1434) was the second wife of John VIII Palaiologos. She was briefly the senior Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire. Sophia Palaiologina was a daughter of Theodore II Palaiologos, Marquess of Montferrat and his second wife, Joanna of Bar. Joanna''s parents were Robert I, Duke of Bar and Marie Valois, the latter a daughter of John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia. Also, through her father, Sophia was a relative of the reigning Byzantine Palaiologi dynasty. On 26 January 1404, Sophia was betrothed to Filippo Maria Visconti. He was a son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan and his second wife Caterina Visconti. The marriage contract was eventually broken.