Zampia Palaiologina

Zampia Palaiologina (Greek: Ζαμπíα Παλαιολογίνα), also known as Zampea or Isabella, She was an illegitimate daughter of Emperor John V Palaiologos and married the envoy and translator Hilario Doria, with whom she had at least two daughters. Her name may not have been Zampia, which could have been applied to her by later historians out of confusion with one of her daughters of this name.

Family background and name Zampia Palaiologina is mentioned as the illegitimate daughter of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos in 16th-century chronicle writings of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which also record her marriage to Hilario Doria,''' Though this relation has historically often been taken at face value, it is likely a mistake on the part of the scribe of the chronicles; The identity of her mother is unknown. Donald Nicol believed that she may have been part of the noble family Dermokaites.

Zampia was taken care of by her brother Manuel for as long as he lived. Another daughter , married to "George Izaoul" in 1421 or 1422. Izaoul is later recorded in the 1420s by George Sphrantzes as a companion of Demetrios Palaiologos.