Maria Despina

Maria Palaiologina (Μαρία Παλαιολογίνα) was an illegitimate daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos (ruled 1258-1282), the wife of the Mongol ruler Abaqa Khan, and an influential Christian leader among the Mongols. After Abaqas death she became the leader of a Monastery in Constantinople which was popularly named after her as Saint Mary of the Mongols.

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