Maria of Mangup

Maria Asanina Palaiologina (Greek: Μαρία Ασανίνα Παλαιολογίνα, d. 19 December 1476/1477), better known as Maria of Mangup or Maria of Doros, was the second wife of Prince Stephen the Great (r. 1457–1504) and a Princess consort of the Principality of Moldavia (1472–1477).

A descendant of imperial Bulgarian and Byzantine dynasties, Maria belonged to the ruling class of the small Crimean Principality of Theodoro. Stephen likely married her for political reasons, hoping to conquer the principality, though he lost interest in her when that proved impossible. Her elaborate burial shroud featuring her portrait is preserved in the Romanian Putna Monastery where she was buried.

A daughter of the ruler of the Principality of Theodoro (or "Gothia") in the Crimea, on her mother's side she was a descendant of two imperial houses, the Palaiologos dynasty of the Byzantine Empire and the Asen dynasty of the Second Bulgarian Empire, and on her father's side she descended from the Gabras aristocratic family of Byzantium.

Maria of Mangup was a daughter of the Prince of Theodoro. It is uncertain whether her father was Olubei or his direct predecessor John, who was married to a Maria Tzamplakina Palaiologina Asanina.Alexander Vasiliev considers her to have been a sister of Isaac, who was probably Olubei's son. Maria of Mangup's parents left for Trebizond in 1446/7, which leaves her apparent presence in Mangup until her move to Suceava and marriage unexplained.

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