these calls however the strong opposition eventually forced him to recall Athanasius from his office, this was not however before Athanasius personally penned a church bull in which he excommunicated the leading clergymen who took opposition to him, hiding it in a pillar in the northern Gallery of the Hagia Sophia where it would only be found a few years later causing much uproar. Family On 8 November 1272 Andronikos II married as his first wife Anna of Hungary, daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Cuman, with whom he had two sons: Michael IX Palaiologos (17 April 127712 October 1320). Constantine Palaiologos, despotes (1335). Constantine was forced to become a monk by his nephew Andronikos III Palaiologos. Anna died in 1281, and in 1284 Andronikos married Yolanda (renamed Irene), a daughter of William VII of Montferrat, with whom he had: John Palaiologos (–1308), despotes. Bartholomaios Palaiologos (born 1289), died young. Theodore I, Marquis of Montferrat (1291–1338). Simonis Palaiologina (1294 – after 1336), who married King Stefan Milutin of Serbia. Theodora Palaiologina (born 1295), died young. Demetrios Palaiologos (1297–1343), despotēs. Isaakios Palaiologos (born 1299), died young. Andronikos II also had at least three illegitimate daughters: Irene, who first married Ghazan, Khan of Persia, and laterJohn II Doukas, ruler of Thessaly. Maria, who married Toqta, Khan of the Golden Horde. A daughter known as Despina Khatun, who married Öljaitü, Khan of the Ilkhanate. Foundations Ardenica Monastery Panagia Olympiotissa Monastery Zograf monastery See also List of Byzantine emperors Rabban Bar Sauma Notes References External links 1259 births 1332 deaths Palaiologos dynasty 13th-century Byzantine emperors 14th-century Byzantine emperors Monarchs who abdicated Eastern Orthodox monks Eastern Orthodox monarchs Burials at Lips Monastery Founders of Christian monasteries Children of Michael VIII Palaiologos Byzantine people of the Byzantine–Ottoman wars Sons of Byzantine emperors