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Sophia of Montferrat
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
Tenure1421–1426
Died1434
SpouseJohn VIII Palaiologos
HousePalaeologus-Montferrat
FatherTheodore II of Montferrat
MotherJoanna of Bar

Sophia of Montferrat (or Sophia Palaiologina, Greek: Σοφία Παλαιολογίνα; died 21 August 1434) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to John VIII Palaiologos.

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