Rita of Armenia Ռիտա Հայաստանի | |
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![]() Seal of Rita of Armenia (under the name Maria Doukaina Palaiologina) | |
Byzantine Empress consort | |
Tenure | 16 January 1294 – 12 October 1320 |
Born | 10/11 January 1278 |
Died | July 1333 (aged 55) |
Spouse | Michael IX Palaiologos |
Issue | |
Dynasty | Hethumid (By Birth) Palaiologos (Marriage) |
Father | Levon II of Armenia |
Mother | Keran, Queen of Armenia |
Rita of Armenia (Armenian: Ռիտա Հայաստանի; Greek: Μαρία; 10/11 January 1278 – July 1333) was an Armenian Princess. She was a Byzantine Empress consort by marriage to Michael IX Palaiologos.[1]
She was the daughter of King Levon II of Armenia and Queen Keran. She was the wife of Byzantine co-emperor Michael IX Palaiologos, making her a junior empress-consort of the Byzantine Empire. In 1317, she became the only empress upon the death of the senior empress, Irene of Montferrat. She was known as Maria in Constantinople.
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