The purpose of the present article is to analyze the aspects of the presence of Savoyard courtiers in Byzantium after the wedding of Andronikos III Palaiologos with the princess Giovanna of Savoy, known by the Greeks as Anna of Lombardy (Αννα της Λομβαρδιας), who had a decisive role in the Empire after the her husband’s demise in 1341, and who confronted John VI Kantakouzenos in the conflict known as the Second Byzantine Civil War (1341-1347), where she not only relied on the Byzantine noblemen loyal to her son, John V, but also on her Savoyard countrymen.
Keywords:
Byzantium 14th Century, Byzantine Civil War, Anna of Savoy, County of Savoy
Garcés Ávalos, G. (2015). Savoyard presence in the court of the palaeologi (1326-1347). Byzantion Nea Hellás, (34), Pág. 71–93. Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/38029
