Miniature of Theophano Martinakia in the Menologion of Basil II, c. 1000.
Byzantine Empress consort
Tenure
29 August 886 – 893
Died
10 November 897 a monastery, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople
Spouse
Leo VI the Wise
Issue
Eudokia Porphyrogenita
Dynasty
Martinakioi
Father
Constantine Martinakios
Theophano Martinakia (Greek: Θεοφανώ; 866/67 – 10 November 897) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to Leo VI the Wise. She is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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