Maria Komnene (daughter of Alexios IV)
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Possible depiction of Maria in the fresco Saint George and the Princess by Pisanello | |
| Byzantine Empress consort | |
| Tenure | September 1427 – 17 December 1439 |
| Born | 1404 Trebizond (modern-day Trabzon, Turkey) |
| Died | 17 December 1439 Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
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| Dynasty | Komnenos |
| Father | Alexios IV of Trebizond |
| Mother | Theodora Kantakouzene |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Palaiologan dynasty | ||
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Maria Megale Komnene (Greek: Μαρία Μεγάλη Κομνηνή; 1404 – 17 December 1439), known as Maria of Trebizond (Greek: Μαρία της Τραπεζούντος), was Byzantine Empress by marriage to the Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaiologos (r. 1425–1448). She was the last crowned Byzantine empress.
She was one of the daughters of Alexios IV of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene.