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Jerina Branković (wife of Gjon Kastrioti II)

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Spouse
  
Gjon Kastrioti II

Mother
  
Helena Palaiologina

Father
  
Lazar Branković

Noble family
  
Branković (paternally) Palaiologos (maternally) Kastrioti (by marriage)

Parents
  
Lazar Branković, Helena Palaiologina, Despotess of Serbia

Jerina Branković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јерина Бранковић, Italian: Erina), or Irina (Ирина), was the wife of Gjon Kastrioti II. She was the third daughter of Lazar Branković and Helena Palaiologina. She had two sisters, Helen (Mary), wife of King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, and Milica, wife of Leonardo III Tocco of Epirus.

Gjon Kastrioti II was the conte di Spoleto in 1485, and duca di San Pietro in Galatina in 1495. They had the following issue:

  • Ferrante (d. 1561), duke of San Pietro in Galatina
  • Maria (d. 1569)
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