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Phrygian dynasty (820-867)
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Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
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Thekla | Bardanes Tourkos | ? | before 803 | 25 December 820 | c. 823 | Michael II | ||
Euphrosyne | Constantine VI (Isaurian) |
c. 790 | c. 823 | 2 October 829 | after 836 | |||
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Theodora the Armenian (Θεοδώρα) |
Marinos (Mamikonian) |
c. 815 | 5 June 830 | 20 January 842 | after 867 | Theophilos | |
Eudokia Dekapolitissa | ? | ? | 855 | 23 September 867 – 24 September 867 | ? | Michael III | ||
Picture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
Macedonian dynasty (867-1056)
editPicture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
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Eudokia Ingerina [1] (Ευδοκία Ιγγερίνα) |
Inger, a Varangian guard (Martiniakoi) |
840 | 865 | 26 May 866 as co-empress consort |
882 | Basil I | |
24 September 867 as sole-empress consort | ||||||||
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Theophano Martiniake (Θεοφανώ) |
Constantine Martiniakos (Martiniakoi) |
- | 883 | 883 as co-empress consort |
893/897 | 10 November 897 | Leo VI |
29 August 886 as sole-empress consort | ||||||||
Zoe Zaoutzaina (Ζωή Καρβωνοψίνα) |
Stylianos Zaoutzes (Zaoutzedes) |
- | 893/897 [2] |
May 899 | ||||
Eudokia Baïana | Phrygian origin | - | Spring 900 [3] |
12 April 901 | ||||
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Zoe Karbonopsina | - | - | 9 January 906 [4] |
11 May 912 | after 919 | ||
Helena Lekapene | Romanos I Lekapenos (Lekapenoi) |
910 | April 919 | April 919 as co-empress consort |
9 November 959 | 19 September 961 | Constantine VII | |
27 January 945 as sole-empress consort | ||||||||
Theodora (Θεοδώρα) |
- | - | before 905 | 24 September 920 as Caesarissa |
20 February 922 | Romanos I | ||
17 December 920 as senior empress consort | ||||||||
Sophia | Niketas magister | - | before 919 | 17 May 921 as co-empress consort |
14 August 932 | after 959 | Christopher Lekapenos | |
Anna Gabalina | ? Gabalos (Gabaloi) |
- | 933 as co-empress consort |
27 January 945 | afterwards ? | Stephen Lekapenos | ||
Helena | patrikios Hadrian | - | 939 as co-empress consort |
14 January 940 | Constantine Lekapenos | |||
Theophano Mamas | ? Mamas (Mamas) |
- | 939 as co-empress consort |
27 January 945 | afterwards ? | |||
Eudokia of Italy | Hugh of Arles, King of Italy (Bosonids) |
927/30 | September 944 | 6 April 945 as co-empress consort |
Autumn 949 | Romanos II | ||
Theophano (Θεοφανώ) |
Krateros, an inkeeper | 941/943 | 957 | 957 as co-empress consort |
15 March 963 1st time |
after 976 | ||
9 November 959 as sole-empress consort | ||||||||
20 September 963 2nd time |
10 December 969 | Nikephoros II | ||||||
Theodora Makedones (Θεοδώρα) |
Constantine VII (Macedonian) |
946 | November 971 | 10 January 976 | - | John I | ||
Helena | Alypius | - | 970s | 970s as co-empress consort |
15 November 1028 | - | Constantine VIII | |
10 January 976 as only empress but still junior empress consort under Basil II | ||||||||
15 December 1025 as sole empress consort | ||||||||
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Zoe Porphyrogenita (Ζωή) |
Constantine VIII (Macedonian) |
978 | 12 November 1028 | 15 November 1028 1st time |
11 April 1034 | June 1050 | Romanos III |
11 April 1034 2nd time |
10 December 1041 | Michael IV | ||||||
11 June 1042 [3] 3rd time |
June 1050 | Constantine IX | ||||||
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Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
Komnenid dynasty (1057-1059)
editPicture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
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Ekaterina of Bulgaria | Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria (Comitopuli) |
- | before 1057 | 5 June 1057 as rival emperess consort 31 August 1057 as sole emperess consort |
22 November 1059 | after 1061 | Isaac I | |
Picture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
Doukid dynasty (1059-1081)
editPicture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
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Eudokia Makrembolitissa (Ευδοκία Μακρεμβολίτισσα) |
John Makrembolites (Makrembolites) |
1021 | before 1050 | 24 November 1059 1st time |
22 May 1067 | 1096 | Constantine X | |
1 January 1068 2nd time |
1071 | Romanos IV | ||||||
Irene Pegonitissa | Niketas Pegonites | - | 1045 | ?around 1059? as Caesarissa |
8 September 1060/6 | Caesar John Doukas | ||
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Maria of Alania (Μαρία της Αλανίας) |
Bagrat IV of Georgia (Bagratids) |
1050 | 1065 | 1065 as junior-empress consort 22 May 1067 as co-empress consort 1071 as sole-empress consort 1075 as senior empress consort |
31 March 1078 | after 1103 | Michael VII |
1078 | 10 December 1081 | Nikephoros III | ||||||
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Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
Komnenid dynasty (1081-1185)
editPicture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
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Irene Doukaina (Ειρήνη Δούκαινα) |
Andronikos Doukas (Doukai) |
1066 | 1078 | 4 April 1081 | 15 August 1118 | 19 February 1123 or 1133 | Alexios I | |
Anna Komnene (Άννα Κομνηνή) |
Alexios I (Komnenoi) |
1 December 1083 | 1097 as Caesarissa |
1118/37 | 1153 | Caesar Nikephoros Bryennios | ||
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Irene of Hungary | Ladislaus I of Hungary (Árpád) |
1088 | 1104 | 1104 as co-empress consort 15 August 1118 as sole-empress consort |
13 August 1134 | John II | |
Eupraxia of Kiev | Mstislav I of Kiev (Rurikids) |
The identity of his wife is uncertain. It is possible he was married twice, the first wife being Dobrodjeja Mstislavna of Kiev, a daughter of Mstislav I of Kiev, and the second being Katay of Georgia, a daughter of David IV of Georgia. While both women are known to have married members of the Komnenoi family, several theories have been suggested as to the identities of their husband or husbands. [5] | Alexios | |||||
Irene of Georgia | David IV of Georgia (Bagratids) | |||||||
Irene of Sulzbach | Berengar II, Count of Sulzbach (Babenberg) |
1110s | after Epiphany 1146 | 29 August 1159 28 September 1159/60 |
Manuel I | |||
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Maria of Antioch | Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (Ramnulfids) |
1145 | 24 December 1161 | 24 September 1180 | 27 August 1182 | ||
Anna of France | Louis VII of France (Capet) |
1171/2 | 2 March 1180 | 24 September 1180 | October 1183 | after 1204 | Alexios II | |
1183 | 12 September 1185 | Andronikos I | ||||||
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Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
Angelid dynasty (1185-1204)
editPicture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
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Maria of Hungary | Béla III of Hungary (Árpád) |
1175 | 1185 | 12 September 1185 1st time |
8 April 1195 | 1223/after 3 March 1229 | Isaac II | |
Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera (Ευφροσύνη Δούκαινα Καματερίνα ή Καματηρά) |
Andronikos Doukas Kamateros (Doukai Kamateroi) |
1155 | 1170/80 | 8 April 1195 | 17/18 July 1203 | 1211 | Alexios III | |
Maria of Hungary | Béla III of Hungary (Árpád) |
1175 | c. 1185 | July 1203 2nd time |
January 1204 | 1223/after 3 March 1229 | Isaac II | |
Eudokia Angelina (Ευδοκία Αγγελίνα) |
Alexios III (Angeloi) |
- | 1204, after 12 April | November 1204 | 1211, or after | Alexios V | ||
Picture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
Palaiologan dynasty (restored to Constantinople, 1261-1453)
editPicture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
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Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina | Ioannes Doukas Vatatzes (Doukai) |
c. 1240 | 1253 | 1 January 1259 as co-empress consort of Nicaea 18 August 1258 as sole-empress consort of Nicaea 25 July 1261 as empress consort, restored to Constantinople 8 November 1273 as senior empress consort 1281 as only empress consort |
11 December 1282 | 4 March 1303 | Michael VIII | |
Anna of Hungary | Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád) |
c. 1260 | 8 November 1273 as co-empress consort | 1281/2 | Andronikos II | |||
Irene of Montferrat | William VII, Marquess of Montferrat (Aleramici) |
1274 | 1284 as sole empress consort 16 January 1294 as senior empress conosrt |
1317 | ||||
Maria of Armenia | Leo III of Armenia (Hetoumids) |
10/11 January 1278 | c. 1185 | 16 January 1294 as junior empress conosrt 1317 as only empress consort |
12 October 1320 | July 1333 | Michael IX | |
Irene of Brunswick | Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) |
c. 1293 | March 1318 | March 1318 as co-empress consort July 1321 as rival empress consort |
16/17 August 1324 | Andronikos III | ||
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Anna of Savoy | Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (Savoy) |
1306 | October 1326 | October 1326 as rival empress consort 24 May 1328 as sole empress conosort |
15 June 1341 | 1359 | |
Irene Asanina | Andronikos Asen (Asen) |
c. 1300 | before 1320 | 26 October 1341 as rival empress consort 8 February 1347 as co-empress conosort |
4 December 1354 | 1363-1379 | John VI | |
Helena Kantakouzene | John VI (Kantakouzenoi) |
1333 | 28/29 May 1347 | 28/29 May 1347 as co-empress conosort 1352 as rival empress consort 4 December 1354 as senior empress conosort |
12 August 1376 | 10 December 1396 | John V | |
Irene Palaiologina | Demetrios Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) |
1327 | 1340 | 15 April 1353 as co-empress conosort 4 December 1354 as rival empress consort |
1357 | Matthew Kantakouzenos | ||
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Maria of Bulgaria | Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (Shishman) |
1348 | after 17 August 1355 | after 17 August 1355 as co-empress conosort 12 August 1376 s senior empress conosort |
1 July 1379 | 1390 | Andronikos IV |
Helena Kantakouzene | John VI (Kantakouzenoi) |
1333 | 28 May/29 May 1347 | 1 July 1379 as senior empress consort, husband restored 14 April 1390 as only empress 17 September 1390 as senior empress consort, husband restored |
16 February 1391 | 10 December 1396 | John V | |
Helena Dragaš | Constantine Dragaš (Dragaš) |
c. 1372 | 10 February 1392 as senior empress conosort | 21 July 1425 | 23 May 1450 | Manuel II | ||
Irene Gattilusio | Francesco II of Lesbos (Gattilusio) |
1333 | before 1397 as co-empress conosort | 22 September 1408 | 1 June 1440 | John VII | ||
Anna of Moscow | Vasili I of Moscow (Rurikid) |
1393 | c. 1411 | 1416 as Despoina and shortly after co-empress consort | August 1417 | John VIII | ||
Sophia Palaiologina of Montferrat | Theodore II, Marquess of Montferrat (Palaiologoi) |
1396 | 19 January 1421 | 19 January 1421as co-empress conosort 21 July 1425 as sole-empress conosort |
August 1426 | 21 August 1434 | ||
Maria Megale Komnene | Alexios IV of Trebizond (Megalokomnenoi) |
- | September 1427[3] | 17 December 1439 | ||||
Picture | Name English, Greek, Latin |
Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Empress | Ceased to be Empress | Death | Spouse |
Wives
edit- Maria (d. aft. 865), the first wife of Emperor Basil I, repudiated in 865, before her husband ascent to the throne.
- Maria Skleraina, the daughter of Photeinos Skleros and sister of Bardas Skleros; the first wife of Emperor John I, died before husband ascent to the throne.
- Helena, the first wife of Emperor Romanos III, repudiated before 1028, before her husband's marriage to the Empress Zoe and his ascent to the throne.
- Helena Skleraina (d. bef. 1034), the daughter of Basil Skleros; the second wife of Emperor Constantine IX, died before her husband's marriage to the Empress Zoe and his ascent to the throne.
- Anna of Bulgaria (1030-bef. 1065), the daughter of tsar Alusian of Bulgaria; the first wife of Emperor Romanos IV, died before her husband's marriage to the Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa and his ascent to the throne.
- Anna of Bulgaria (1030-bef. 1065), the daughter of tsar Alusian of Bulgaria; the first wife of Emperor Romanos IV, died before her husband's marriage to the Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa and his ascent to the throne.
- The identity of Emperor Isaac II's first wife is unknown, but her name, Herina (i.e., Eirene), is found on the necrology of Speyer Cathedral, where their daughter Irene is interred. (It must be noted, however, that it would have been extremely unusual for a mother and daughter to bear the same name, unless the mother's name was monastic.)[6] Isaac's wife may have been a member of the Palaiologos family.[7] A possible foreign origin is also given to her due to having the same name as her daughter.[8][9] Their third child was born in 1182 or 1183 and she was dead or divorced by 1185, when Isaac remarried. She was mother of Emperor Alexios III.
Mistresses
edit- Eudokia Ingerina (840–882), the daughter of Inger, a Varangian guard, and the mistress of Emperor Michael III, seperated in 855 under the pressure of the Empress-Mother Theodora, and she was later mistress and then wife of his successor Emperor Basil I.
- Thekla (831-867), the daughter of Emperor Theophilos, the mistress of Emperor Basil I.
- Zoe Zaoutzaina (d. 899), daughter of Stylianos Zaoutzes, she was probably the mistress of Emperor Leo VI from 889 to 893 and probably until 897. There is a contradiction on Zoe Zaoutzaina's particular status from 893 to 897. According to Symeon Metaphrastes, the marriage of Leo VI to Theophano was officially void. Allowing Leo and Zoe to marry within the year. According to Theophanes Continuatus, the original marriage was still valid and Zoe remained the royal mistress. Theophano died in her monastery on 10 November 897. Acconrdig to Theophanes, Leo and Zoe proceeded to marry at this point. Both Symeon and Theophanes agree that Zoe was only crowned Augusta following the death of her predecessor
- Zoe Karbonopsina (d. 899), daughter of Stylianos Zaoutzes, she was the mistress of Emperor Leo VI from 902 to 906. She only married Leo, in 906, after the birth of their son, Constantine VII. This was a fourth marriage and considered uncanonical.
- Empress Theophano (941-976), Kraterus, the inkeeper; mistress of soon-to-be Emperor John I. She had hope to become his Empress (her 3rd term) but was banished by John under the influence of Patriarch Polyeuctus for being a part of the assassination of her second husband which John I had been the main culprit.
- Emperor Romanos III was known to have a mistress. Her existence is confirmed by Psellos, who records that Emperor Romanos came to despise the Empress Zoe lived openly with his mistress.
- Maria Skleraina (d. 1044), a member of the Skleroi family, the first mistress of Emperor Constantine IX and first cousin or niece of his second wife. After Emperor Constantine's third marriage and accession to the Imperial throne, she was granted the title Augusta and stayed in the Palace as a junior consort.
- Guarandukht of Georgia, the daughter of George I of Georgia, becoming the second mistress of Emperor Constantine IX after 1044. She was granted the title Augusta. She may have been the spoil of war or a political demand on the weaker Georgian kings.
- Theodora Vatatzina, mistress of Emperor Manuel I, mother of sebastokrator Alexios Komnenos (born in the early 1160s).
- Maria Taronitissa, wife of protovestiarios John Komnenos, whose legitimate children included Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, mistress of Emperor Manuel I, mother (with Manuel) of pinkernes Alexios Komnenos, who was a figurehead of the Norman invasion and the siege of Thessalonica in 1185.
- Eudokia Komnene, the daughter of sébastokrator Andronikos Komnenos, became the first mistress of Emperor Andronikos I in 1150/52 after becoming a widow. She remarried in 1153 to Michael Gabras.
- Philippa of Antioch (1148-1178), the sister of Maria of Antioch, became the third mistress of Emperor Andronikos I in 1166/67. She married after 1166 to Humphrey II of Toron.
- Theodora Komnene (1145-?), the daughter of sébastokrator Isaac Komnenos, became the third mistress of Emperor Andronikos I in 1167/85 after becoming a widow of Baldwin III of Jerusalem. She and Andronikos fled to Damascus and sought refuge with Nur al-Din.
- The identity of Emperor Isaac II's first wife is unknown, but her name, Herina (i.e., Eirene), is found on the necrology of Speyer Cathedral, where their daughter Irene is interred. (It must be noted, however, that it would have been extremely unusual for a mother and daughter to bear the same name, unless the mother's name was monastic.)[10] Isaac's wife may have been a member of the Tornikes family or the Palaiologos family.[11] A possible foreign origin is also given to her due to having the same name as her daughter.[12][13] Their third child was born in 1182 or 1183 and she was dead or divorced by 1185, when Isaac remarried. She was mother of Emperor Alexios III.
- Eudokia Angelina (?-1211), the daughter of Alexios III, became the mistress of Emperor Alexios V. She and Alexios married in 1204 after the Fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders.
Sources
edit- ^ formerly mistress of Michael III
- ^ There is a contradiction on Zoe Zaoutzaina's particular status 893-897.
- ^ a b c Third marriages are the last permitted according to the rules of Orthodox Church, but are highly disaproved by the Church and sometimes considered illegal.
- ^ Fourth marriages are uncanonical and illegal in the eyes of the Orthodox Church.
- ^ Profile of Alexios Komnenos and his daughter in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley
- ^ The first wife of Isaac II is usually considered to be a Byzantine noblewoman of unknown name. In an Italian edition of the chronicle of Nicetas Choniates "Greatness and catastrophe of Byzantium" can be found an interesting note to the XIV Book. The names of Isaac II's first wife and eldest daughter, unknown to Byzantine sources, are found in an obituary in the Cathedral of Speyer (Germany) (the Pantheon of German kings) where it can be found the second daughter of Isaac II, Irene/Maria, wife of Philip of Suabia; in this text Irene/Maria is said daughter of Isaac and Irene (there is reference to the following article: R. Hiestand, Die erste Ehe Isaaks II. Angelos und seine Kinder, in Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinisk, XLVII 1997 pp. 199–208). This Irene could be identified with the daughter of Georg Paleologus Ducas Comnenus; the son of this one, Andronicus Paleologus Comnenoducas is known as gambrox (gamma alpha mu beta rho o x) of Isaac II.
- ^ Morris Bierbrier's "Medieval and royal genealogy update" column in the March 1999 issue of _Genealogists' Magazine_ gives a partial summary of the article by Hiestand; this is where I learned of its existence. Hiestand's article is of special interest because it explores the hypothesis that the first wife of Isaac II is a member of the Palaiologos family, perhaps the daughter of Georgios Palaiologos Komnenodoukas, megas hetaireiarches. This is based on a reference to Andronikos Palaiologos (probable son of Georgios) as beloved gambros (brother-in-law or son-in-law, though the former is more likely) of Emperor Isaac II in a document (from 1191, I think) printed in A. Papadopoulos- Kerameus's _Analekta ..._, II, Petersburg, 1894, p. 362. Unfortunately, the genealogy of the early Palaiologoi is somewhat murky.
- ^ RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor
- ^ RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Re: first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor
- ^ The first wife of Isaac II is usually considered to be a Byzantine noblewoman of unknown name. In an Italian edition of the chronicle of Nicetas Choniates "Greatness and catastrophe of Byzantium" can be found an interesting note to the XIV Book. The names of Isaac II's first wife and eldest daughter, unknown to Byzantine sources, are found in an obituary in the Cathedral of Speyer (Germany) (the Pantheon of German kings) where it can be found the second daughter of Isaac II, Irene/Maria, wife of Philip of Suabia; in this text Irene/Maria is said daughter of Isaac and Irene (there is reference to the following article: R. Hiestand, Die erste Ehe Isaaks II. Angelos und seine Kinder, in Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinisk, XLVII 1997 pp. 199–208). This Irene could be identified with the daughter of Georg Paleologus Ducas Comnenus; the son of this one, Andronicus Paleologus Comnenoducas is known as gambrox (gamma alpha mu beta rho o x) of Isaac II.
- ^ Morris Bierbrier's "Medieval and royal genealogy update" column in the March 1999 issue of _Genealogists' Magazine_ gives a partial summary of the article by Hiestand; this is where I learned of its existence. Hiestand's article is of special interest because it explores the hypothesis that the first wife of Isaac II is a member of the Palaiologos family, perhaps the daughter of Georgios Palaiologos Komnenodoukas, megas hetaireiarches. This is based on a reference to Andronikos Palaiologos (probable son of Georgios) as beloved gambros (brother-in-law or son-in-law, though the former is more likely) of Emperor Isaac II in a document (from 1191, I think) printed in A. Papadopoulos- Kerameus's _Analekta ..._, II, Petersburg, 1894, p. 362. Unfortunately, the genealogy of the early Palaiologoi is somewhat murky.
- ^ RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor
- ^ RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Re: first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor