Family
Michael IX Palaiologos married Rita of Armenia (renamed Maria, later nun Xene), daughter of King Leo III of Armenia and Queen Keran of Armenia on 16 January 1294. By this marriage, Michael IX had several children, including:
- Andronikos III Palaiologos
- Manuel Palaiologos, despotēs
- Anna Palaiologina, who married Thomas I Komnenos Doukas and then Nicholas Orsini.
- Theodora Palaiologina, who married Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria and then Michael Asen III of Bulgaria.
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