c. 770 Amnia, Paphlagonia (now Central Anatolia, Anatolia, Turkey)
Died
after 823
Spouse
Constantine VI
Issue Detail
Euphrosyne, Byzantine Empress
Mother
Hypatia
Maria of Amnia (Greek: Μαρία, 770 – after 823) was a Byzantine empress, the first wife of Constantine VI.[1] Through her mother Hypatia, Maria was a granddaughter of Saint Philaretos,[2] a magnate from the Armeniakon Theme known for his charitable activities, a relation mentioned in his hagiography. Maria was born in Amnia, Paphlagonia.
^Warren T. Treadgold (1988). The Byzantine Revival, 780-842. Stanford University Press.
^Leslie Brubaker, Julia M. H. Smith (2004). Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300-900. The bride show described in this saint's life is the one which resulted in the marriage of Philaretos' granddaughter, Maria of Amnia, to Constantine VI, the son of the empress Eirene, in 788.
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