Helena Dragaš [SEP] position held
Helena Dragaš
Helena Dragaš (, "Jelena Dragaš", , "Elenē Dragasē"; 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. Later in life she became a nun. She is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church under her monastic name, as Saint (), translated in English as "Saint Patience".
Family.
Helena was the daughter of Serbian magnate
Dragaš (disambiguation)
Dragaš, derived from the Slavic word for "dear" ("drago"), may refer to:
Placenames:
- Dragaš, Kosovo
People:
- Dejanović noble family or Dragaš noble family (fl. 1355-1395), of the Serbian Empire
- Dejan Dragaš (fl. 1355), nobleman
- Jovan Dragaš (1343-1378), nobleman
- Konstantin Dragaš (d. 1395), nobleman
- Helena Dragaš (Serbian: "Jelena Dragaš