Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Matthias ASANES KANTAKOUZENOS, Emperor
Sex: M
Birth: After 1325 ^b
Death: 24 Jun 1383 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Ioannes VI KANTAKOUZENOS, Emperor Birth: Abt 1295 Death: 15 Jun 1383 in Mistra

Mother:

Eirene ASANINA KANTAKOUZENE Death: After 1363

Family:
Marriage:

Eirene PALAIOLOGINA on Abt Jan 1341 .^m1
Eirene PALAIOLOGINA Death: After 1356

Children:

Theodoros KANTAKOUENOS Birth: After 1361 Death: 1410

Bibliography

Brook, Lindsay L, The Byzantine Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, The Genealogist (APSG), vol 2 no 1 (1981), p3-51. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p[0-9#]*].
Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. II: Die Ausserdeutschen Staaten Die Regierenden Hauser der Ubrigen Staaten Europas. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES II #[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: (1325) [Ref: ES II #181]; after 1325 [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p16],
parents:: [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p16, ES II #181]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: ES II #181]; 1383 [Ref: ES II #183]; 1391 [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p16]

Sources with Information about marriage to Eirene PALAIOLOGINA

date:: 1341 [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p16]; anfang 1341 [Ref: ES II #183]; anfang 1343 [Ref: ES II #181],
child:: [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p16, ES II #181]

Research Notes:
1353-57: Emperor Matthew [Ref: Brook ByzantineAnc p16]

Pedigree of Matthias ASANES KANTAKOUZENOS, Emperor
                            /-----Michael Kantakouzenos
                   /-----Michael Kantakouzenos
                  |        |                  /-----Constantinus Angelus
                  |        |         /-----Ioannes Doukas
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Ioannes Komnenos
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Alexis I Komnenos, Emperor Of The East
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Anna Dalassena
                  |        |        |         \-----Theodora Commena
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Andronicus Doukas
                  |        |        |                  \-----Eirene Doukiana
                  |        |        |                           \-----Maria
                  |         \-----(Unk Dau) Doukaina
          /-----(Unk Son) KANTAKOUENOS
/-----Ioannes VI KANTAKOUZENOS, Emperor
|         \-----Theodora PALAIOLOGINA ANGELINA KANTAKOUZENE
Matthias ASANES KANTAKOUZENOS, Emperor
|                           /-----Mytzes Tzar Of The Bulgers
|                  /-----Ivan III ASEN, Tzar Of The Bulgars
|                 |        |                           /-----Wolachische Boljaren
|                 |        |                  /-----Asen I Tsar Of Bulgaria
|                 |        |         /-----Asen II Tsar Of Bulgaria
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elena
|                 |         \-----Marija ASENINA
|                 |                 |                           /-----Constantinus Angelus
|                 |                 |                  /-----Ioannes Doukas
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Theodora Commena
|                 |                 |         /-----Theodoros Doukas Komnenos, Emperor
|                 |                  \-----Eirene DOUKAINA
|                 |                          |         /-----(Unk) PETRALIPHAS
|                 |                           \-----Maria DOUKAINA KOMNENE
|         /-----Andronikos DOUKAS ANGELOS KOMNENOS PALAIOLOGOS
|        |        |                                             /-----Alexios Palaiologos
|        |        |                                    /-----Georgios Palaiologos Doukas Kommenos
|        |        |                                   |         \-----(Unk Dau) Komnene
|        |        |                           /-----Alexios Palaiologos
|        |        |                  /-----Andronikos Palaiologos
|        |        |                 |         \-----Eirene Kommene
|        |        |         /-----Michael VIII Palaiologis, Emperor
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Michael Dukas Palaiologos Sebastos Heerfuhrer
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Dukas Palaiologos
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Alexios Palaiologos
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Ioannes Kantakuzenos
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Eirene Komnene Kantakuzene
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Maria Komnene
|        |        |        |         \-----Theodora PALAIOLOGINA
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Andronicus Dukas Angelos
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Alexius III Angelos, Emperor Of The East
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Euphrosyne Castamonita
|        |        |        |                  \-----Eirene Angelina
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Andronikos Kamateros Doukas
|        |        |        |                           \-----Euphrosyne Kamatera
|        |         \-----Eirene ASANINA KOMNENE PALAIOLOGINA
|        |                 |                           /-----Basileios BATATZES
|        |                 |                  /-----Isaakios DOUKAS
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Isaakios Angelos
|        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) Angelina
|        |                 |         /-----Ioannes DOUKAS
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----IOANNES ANGELOS
|        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) ANGELINA
|        |                  \-----Theodora DOUKAINA KOMNENE
|        |                          |         /-----Ioannes Komnenos Angelos
|        |                           \-----Eudokia ANGELINA
\-----Eirene ASANINA KANTAKOUZENE
         |         /-----Michael GLABAS DOUKAS TARCHANEIOTES
          \-----(Unk Dau) GLABAUBA DIYJAUBA TARCGABEUITUSSA
                   \-----Maria KOUKAINA KOMNENE PALAIOLOGINA BRANAINA

Descendants of Matthias ASANES KANTAKOUZENOS, Emperor

1. Matthias ASANES KANTAKOUZENOS, Emperor m. Eirene PALAIOLOGINA

m. Eirene PALAIOLOGINA father: Demetrios PALAIOLOGOS mother: Theodora

2+ Theodoros KANTAKOUENOS m.

2nd generation

2. Theodoros KANTAKOUENOS m.

3+ Eirene KANTAKOUZENE, Despoina Of Serbia m. Djuradj/George BRANKOVIC, Despot Of Serbia

3rd generation

3. Eirene KANTAKOUZENE, Despoina Of Serbia m. Djuradj/George BRANKOVIC, Despot Of Serbia

m. Djuradj/George BRANKOVIC, Despot Of Serbia father: Vuk BRANKOVIC, Knez Of Raska-Kosovo mother: Mara Lasarevic

4 Stefan BRANKOVIC, Despot Of Serbia m. Angelina ARIANITISSA KOMNENE