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One of Russia's claims to "third Rome" was the marriage of Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologina and Ivan III. Sultan Orhan I of the Ottoman Beylik also married a Byzantine princess, Theodora Kantakouzene in 1346. Why doesn't Orhan's marriage pop up more often in Roman succession historiography?

by /u/qernanded in /r/AskHistorians

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