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Aloara
Date of birth unknown; d. 992/993, Capua, ItalyAloara of Capua was married to Pandulf I, also called Pandulf Ironhead, the prince of Benevento and Capua in Italy. Pandulf eventually established himself in much of southern Italy and... Read more
Bertha of Sulzbach
b. circa 1110, Germany; d. 1159, probably Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul)Bertha of Sulzbach entered into a marriage in 1146 with the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus (ruled 1143–80), as part of a political alliance between Byzantium and Germany against their... Read more
Anna Comnena
b. 1083, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul); d. 1153, ConstantinopleAnna Comnena was the daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexius I and is chiefly remembered as a historian of the empire of her father's day. She was raised by her grandmother... Read more
Anna Dalassena Comnena
b. 1025; d. 1105, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul)Anna Dalassena Comnena was the powerful mother of the Byzantine emperor Alexius I (ruled 1081–1118). She was crowned empress during his reign, as opposed to Alexius' wife, the rightful claimant.... Read more
Irene
b. circa 752, Athens; d. 803, LesbosIrene married the Byzantine emperor Leo IV and, upon his death in 780, became co-emperor with her ten-year-old son Constantine VI. The most significant contribution of her reign was the... Read more
Olga
b. circa 890; d. 969, Kiev, RussiaOlga ruled Kievan Rus', a Russian principality, with her husband, Igor, who she probably married around 903. After his death, she ruled as regent in the name of her minor... Read more
Olympia
b. 360/365, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), date unknown; d. circa 410, Nicomedia (modern-day Izmit, Turkey)The correct spelling of this name is OLYMPIAS.
Born into a wealthy family of Constantinople and widowed at a young age, Olympias refused all offers of marriage and devoted... Read more
Pulcheria
b. 399, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul); d. 453, ConstantinoplePulcheria, the daughter of Eudoxia and the Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius, took a vow of chastity to avoid marriage. In 414, she was appointed augusta (empress) by the Senate and... Read more
Theodora II
Date of birth unknown; d. 867, probably Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul)Theodora was the wife of Byzantine emperor Theophilus (ruled 829–842). When he died, in 842, Theodora became regent for her underage son, Michael III. She ruled firmly, replenished the treasury... Read more
Theodora III
b. circa 985, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul); d. 1056, ConstantinopleTheodora was the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII and the younger sister of Zoë. She spent much of her life in a convent—once confined there by her... Read more
Zoé
b. circa 978, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul); d. 1050, ConstantinopleZoë was the daughter of Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII, who kept her from marrying to preclude political competition from a husband. She was finally married at the age of fifty... Read more
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