Category:Maria Despina Palaiologina
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English: Maria Despina Palaiologina 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 Abaqa's death she became the leader of a Monastery in Constantinople, which was popularly named after her, Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols.
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