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Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
Irene Doukaina
Probable representation of Irene Doukaina from the Pala d'Oro in St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
Tenure
4 April 1081 – 15 August 1118
Born
c. 1066 Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died
19 February 1138(1138-02-19) (aged 71–72)
Spouse
Alexios I Komnenos
Issue
Anna Komnene
Maria Komnene
John II Komnenos
Andronikos Komnenos
Isaac Komnenos
Eudokia Komnene
Theodora Komnene
Manuel Komnenos
Zoe Komnene
House
Doukas
Father
Andronikos Doukas
Mother
Maria of Bulgaria
Irene Doukaina or Ducaena (Greek: Εἰρήνη Δούκαινα, Eirēnē Doukaina; c. 1066 – 19 February 1138) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos. She was the mother of Emperor John II Komnenos and the historian Anna Komnene. She was initially heavily overshadowed and humiliated in influence and power by her mother-in-law Anna Dalassene, but after her retirement and death, Irene was able to exert increasing influence over her husband Alexios I Komnenos, and became powerful towards the end of his reign. But even so, she could not arrange his successor according to her wishes, which favoured her daughter Anna Komnene over her son John II Komnenos.
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and domestikos ton scholon Andronikos Doukas and mother of Empress IreneDoukaina. Maria was a daughter of Troian of Bulgaria by an unnamed Byzantine...
her mother IreneDoukaina as sources of inspiration and admiration for Anna. For example, Thalia Gouma-Peterson argues that IreneDoukaina's "maternal...
unknown Kantakouzene. She was related to the Emperor Constantine X and IreneDoukaina, empress of Alexios I Komnenos. Both of her brothers had rebelled against...
where they were eventually joined by Maria of Bulgaria, mother of IreneDoukaina. Botaneiates allowed them to be treated as refugees rather than as guests...
romanized: Kaloïōannēs), he was the eldest son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and IreneDoukaina and the second emperor to rule during the Komnenian restoration of the...
became intermarried with the previous Doukas dynasty: Alexios I married IreneDoukaina, the grandniece of Constantine X Doukas, who had succeeded Isaac I in...
empress-mother, she exerted more influence and power than the empress-consort, IreneDoukaina, a woman whom she hated because of past intrigues with the Doukai. Anna...
1096/1097), the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and IreneDoukaina. Thus Isaac was a member of the extended imperial clan of the Komnenoi...
early 12th century in the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, by Empress IreneDoukaina. It survived until the 15th century. The monastery is chiefly known...
Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera. Her sister, Maria Laskarina, married Béla IV of Hungary. Irene first married the general Andronikos...
youngest daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) and IreneDoukaina. Some time before 1155, probably around 1150, he married Euphrosyne...
Alexios Komnenos, then a general, married IreneDoukaina, the great-niece of Constantine X. His marriage to a Doukaina made him senior to his elder brother...
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House of Doukas (pl. Doukai; Greek: Δούκας, pl. Δούκαι, feminine form Doukaina; Δούκαινα), Latinized as Ducas, was a Byzantine Greek noble family, whose...
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Tzitzak (Greek: Τζιτζάκ; died c. 750), baptised Irene (Greek: Εἰρήνη, romanized: Irini), was a Khazar princess, the daughter of khagan Bihar, who became...
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Alania IreneDoukainaIrene of Hungary (w. Dobrodeia of Kiev) Bertha of Sulzbach Maria of Antioch Agnes of France Margaret of Hungary Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera...
Theodore had five children: IreneDoukaina Laskarina, who married Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria (r. 1257-1277) Maria Doukaina Laskarina, who married Nikephoros...
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