List of Famous people with last name Kantakouzene

Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene was the most powerful empress of Bulgaria, ruling as a regent from 1271 to 1279. She was a niece of Michael VIII Palaiologos and wife of two Bulgarian emperors, Constantine Tikh and Ivaylo.

Theodora Kantakouzene Megale Komnene was the Empress consort of Alexios IV of Trebizond. Said to be very beautiful, according to the chronicle of Laonikos Chalkokondyles, she was accused by her son, John Megas Komnenos, of having an affair with the protovestiarios of the court of Trebizond; however, other accounts describe her as a faithful and loving wife, who kept the peace between Alexios and his sons. In either case, during her lifetime their son John fled to Georgia and did not return until after Theodora's death.

Irene Kantakouzene, known simply as Despotess Jerina, was the wife of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković. In Serbian folk legends, she is the founder of many fortresses in Serbia.

Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene was the niece of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, second wife of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas of Epirus and regent of Epirus upon his death around 1297.

Theodora Komnene Kantakouzene was the Empress consort of Alexios III of Trebizond.

Helena Kantakouzene was the Empress consort of John V Palaiologos in the Byzantine Empire.