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Komnena Nemanjić Komnena Nemanjiq
Princess of Arbanon
Princess Consort of Arbanon
Tenure	1208–1216 1215-12??
Spouses	Dhimitër Progoni (1208–1216) Grigor Kamona (after 1215)
Issue	Unnamed Daughter
Dynasty	Nemanjić (by birth) Progoni (by marriage)
Father	Stephen II Nemanjić
Mother	Eudokia Angelina

Komnena Nemanjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Комнена Немањић; Albanian: Komnena Nemanjiq; fl. 1208–1215) was a Serbian princess from the Nemanjić dynasty. She was married to Dhimitër Progoni who held the title Prince of Albania and was the ruler of the Principality of Arbanon. She served as regent after his death. She later married Gregorios Kamonas, who sought to strengthen ties with Serbia and secure Arbanon through their marriage.

She was the only daughter of Serbian King Stephen II Nemanjić (r. 1196–1228).

Life

Komnena was born to King Stephen II and his first wife Eudokia Angelina, a Greek noblewoman from the Angelos dynasty, and was thus a granddaughter of Emperor Alexios III Angelos. She had three brothers: Stephen Radoslav (r. 1228–1233), Stephen Vladislav I (r. 1233–1243) and Predislav (the third Serbian Archbishop as Saint Sava II, after uncle Sava).

She married Dhimitër Progoni in 1208, and a brief alliance was formed between Serbia and Arbanon amidst conflicts with the Republic of Venice. After Dhimitër died in 1215, the power was left to Komnena, who shortly afterward married Greco-Albanian lord Grigor Kamona. He assumed control over Kruja, strengthening relations with Serbia.

She had a daughter with Gregorios who married Golem of Kruja.

References

1. ^ REDAKCIJA ZA ISTORIJU CRNE GORE: ISTORIJA CRNE GORE, book 2, tom 1, Titograd, 1970, pp. 8-9.
2. The despotate of Epiros, p. 48
3. The despotate of Epiros, p. 156
4. The Genealogist, Volumes 1-2

Sources

• Skenderbeg, Makedonci i akademik Kaplan Burović
• The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 1198-c. 1300, p. 786
• The despotate of Epiros

v t e Nemanjić dynasty
Main ruling members	see family tree Stefan Nemanja Stefan the First-Crowned Vukan Radoslav Vladislav Uroš I Dragutin (Uroš II) Milutin (Uroš III) Dečanski (Uroš IV) Dušan Uroš V
Other ruling members	Đorđe Konstantin Tih Vladislav of Syrmia Stefan Konstantin John Uroš Simeon Uroš
Archbishops	Sava Sava II
Minor members	Vratislav Vratko Urošica Dmitar Stefan Vukanović Stefan Uroš of Pharsalos Desa
Female members	Komnena, Duchess of Kruja and Elbasan Brnjača Zorica Jelena, Princess of Bribir Elizabeth, Baness of Bosnia Ana-Neda, Empress of Bulgaria Teodora-Evdokija, Despotess Milica, Princess of Serbia Maria Angelina, Empress of Epirus Jelena Lazarević
Consorts	Anastasia Eudokia of Byzantium Anna Dandolo Anna Doukaina Beloslava of Bulgaria Helena of Anjou Catherine of Hungary Helena Doukaina Angelina Elizabeth of Hungary Anna Terter of Bulgaria Simonida of Byzantium Theodora Smilets of Bulgaria Maria Palaiologina Helena of Bulgaria Anna of Wallachia

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