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Maria Asanina Palaiologina ((ギリシア語:Μαρία Ασανίνα Παλαιολογίνα), d. 19 December 1476/1477), better known as Maria of Mangup or Maria of Doros, was the second wife of Prince Stephen the Great (r. 1457–1504) and a Princess consort of the Principality of Moldavia (1472–1477). A descendant of imperial Bulgarian and Byzantine dynasties, Maria belonged to the ruling class of the small Crimean Principality of Theodoro. Stephen likely married her for political reasons, hoping to conquer the principality, though he lost interest in her when that proved impossible. Her elaborate burial shroud featuring her portrait is preserved in the Romanian Putna Monastery where she was buried. ==Biography== A daughter of the ruler of the Principality of Theodoro (or Gothia) in the Crimea, on her mother's side she was a descendant of two imperial houses, the Palaiologos dynasty of the Byzantine Empire and the Asen dynasty of the Second Bulgarian Empire, and on her father's side she descended from the Gabras aristocratic family of Byzantium.〔Божилов, p. 417.〕 Maria of Mangup was a daughter of the Prince of Theodoro. It is uncertain whether her father was Olubei or his direct predecessor John, who was married to a Maria Tzamplakina Palaiologina Asanina.〔 Alexander Vasiliev considers her to have been a sister of Isaac, who was probably Olubei's son.〔Vasiliev, p. 239.〕 Maria of Mangup's parents left for Trebizond in 1446/7, which leaves her apparent presence in Mangup until her move to Suceava and marriage unexplained.〔 Maria of Mangup arrived in Moldavia on 4 September 1472〔 and married Stephen the Great〔Iordachi, p. 78.〕 on 14 September, likely for political reasons.〔Diez, p. 377.〕 Vasiliev believes Stephen, a powerful ruler and "Athlete of Christ", married Maria in order to be able to lay claim on the throne of Byzantium should Constantinople be retaken from the Ottoman Turks.〔 The couple had two daughters, though Maria appears to have been largely ignored by her husband and led an unhappy family life until her death five years later.〔 According to Vasiliev, Stephen lost any interest in Maria once Theodoro was conquered by the Ottomans in 1475 and he had abandoned his hopes of capturing the Crimean principality.〔Vasiliev, p. 241.〕 An undated inscription in the ''katholikon'' (main church) of the Osiou Gregoriou monastery on Mount Athos signifies that "the most pious Maria Asanina Palaiologina, lady of Moldovlachia" prayed there during her time as Princess consort.〔Божилов, p. 416.〕〔Underwood, p. 219.〕 Maria of Mangup died in late 1476 or 1477. Stephen then married his third wife Maria Voichița, daughter of Radu III the Handsome of Wallachia.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria of Mangup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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