984 - 1056 (72 years)
Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Constantine de Byzantie, VIII, b. 961 |
Mother |
Helena Alypina |
Married |
968 |
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978 - 1050 (72 years)
Birth |
978 |
Died |
1050 |
Konstaninopel |
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Father |
Constantine de Byzantie, VIII, b. 961 |
Mother |
Helena Alypina |
Married |
968 |
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Family 1 |
Romanos Argyropoulos, III, b. 968 |
Married |
12 Nov 1028 |
Children |
+ | 1. Helen Argyrosa de Byzantie, b. Abt 1022 |
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Family 2 |
Michael, IV, 'the Paphlagonian', b. 1010 |
Married |
11 Apr 1034 |
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Family 3 |
Constantine Monomachos, IX, b. Abt 1000 |
Married |
11 Jun 1042 |
Constantinople, Thrace, Byzantium Empire |
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968 - 1034 (66 years)
Birth |
968 |
Died |
11 Apr 1034 |
Konstaninopel |
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Father |
Basileos Argyros, b. Abt 945, Constantinople, Thrace, Byzantium Empire |
Mother |
Pulcheria |
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Family |
Zoe de Byzantie, b. 978 |
Married |
12 Nov 1028 |
Children |
+ | 1. Helen Argyrosa de Byzantie, b. Abt 1022 |
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1010 - 1041 (31 years)
Birth |
1010 |
Died |
10 Dec 1041 |
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Father |
NN |
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Family |
Zoe de Byzantie, b. 978 |
Married |
11 Apr 1034 |
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Abt 1000 - 1055 (55 years)
Birth |
Abt 1000 |
Died |
11 Jan 1055 |
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Father |
Theodosios Monomachos, b. Abt 965 |
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Family 1 |
NN |
Married |
Abt 1023 |
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Family 2 |
Pulcheria Skleraina, b. Abt 1000 |
Married |
Abt 1025 |
Children |
+ | 1. 'Irene' Maria Monamacha, b. Abt 1030 |
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Family 3 |
Maria Sklerina |
Married |
Bef 1034 |
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Family 4 |
Zoe de Byzantie, b. 978 |
Married |
11 Jun 1042 |
Constantinople, Thrace, Byzantium Empire |
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Family 5 |
Goranduxt von Georgien, b. Abt 1020 |
Married |
Aft 1044 |
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984 - 1056 (72 years)
Birth |
984 |
Died |
Sep 1056 |
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Father |
Constantine de Byzantie, VIII, b. 961 |
Mother |
Helena Alypina |
Married |
968 |
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961 - 1028 (67 years)
Birth |
961 |
Died |
15 Nov 1028 |
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Father |
Romanus de Byzantie, II, b. 940, Constantinople, Thrace, Byzantium Empire |
Mother |
Theophana, b. 941, Constantinople, Thrace, Byzantium Empire |
Married |
956 |
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Family 1 |
NN von Bulgarien |
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Family 2 |
Helena Alypina |
Married |
968 |
Children |
| 1. Eudokia de Byzantie |
+ | 2. Zoe de Byzantie, b. 978 |
| 3. Theodora de Byzantie, b. 984 |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Constantine de Byzantie, VIII, b. 961 |
Married |
968 |
Children |
| 1. Eudokia de Byzantie |
+ | 2. Zoe de Byzantie, b. 978 |
| 3. Theodora de Byzantie, b. 984 |
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Name |
Theodora de Byzantie |
Birth |
984 |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
Sep 1056 |
Siblings |
2 Siblings |
| 1. Eudokia de Byzantie d. Yes, date unknown | + | 2. Zoe de Byzantie, b. 978 d. 1050, Konstaninopel (Age 72 years) ▻ Romanos Argyropoulos, III, m. 12 Nov 1028 ; Michael, IV, 'the Paphlagonian', m. 11 Apr 1034 ; Constantine Monomachos, IX, m. 11 Jun 1042 | | 3. Theodora de Byzantie, b. 984 d. Sep 1056 (Age 72 years) | |
Person ID |
I488389 |
Geneagraphie |
Last Modified |
11 Nov 2009 |
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Notes |
- Empress of Byzantium 1055-1056
ruled as Byzantine Empress from January 11 , 1055 to after August 31 , 1056 .
Possessed of a strong and austere character, the beautiful Theodora refused the hand of the heir-presumptive, Romanos Argyros , who was married instead to her sister Zoe in 1028 . Though living in retirement she excited Zoe's jealousy, and on a pretext of conspiracy with Presian of Bulgaria , she was confined in a monastery .
In April 19 , 1042 the popular movement which caused the dethronement of Michael V also led to Theodora's installment as co-empress with her sister. After two months of active participation in government she allowed herself to be virtually superseded by Zoe's new husband, Constantine IX Monomachos, on June 11 , 1042. Nevertheless, Theodora was considered as an empress alongside her sister and brother-in-law.
Upon Constantine's death on January 11 , 1055 , and in spite of her seventy years of age, she reasserted her dormant rights with vigour, and frustrated an attempt to supersede her on behalf of the general Nikephoros Proteuon, governor of Bulgaria. By her firm administration she controlled the unruly nobles and checked numerous abuses; but she marred her reputation by excessive severity towards private enemies and the undue employment of menials for advisers, including her influential minister Leo Paraspondylos. Leo's faction was interested in maintaining its control of government through the aging empress, while the patriarch Michael Keroularios advocated Theodora advancing a subject to the throne through marriage, something which would have assured the succession. Theodora became gravely ill on August 31 , 1056 and died a few days later, in early September. Having no children and being the last member of her dynasty, she had chosen one of her favorites, the former military minister Michael VI Bringas, as her successor on the recommendation of Leo. But Michael VI, not being related to the great Macedonian dynasty that had ruled the Byzantine Empire for a period of 189 years did not receive universal support. This resulted in a series of conflicts for the throne between various noble families that lasted from 1056 till 1081.
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