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| Name |
Eudokia Ingerina |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Notes |
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudokia_Ingerina
«b»Eudokia Ingerina«/b» or «b»Eudocia Ingerina«/b» («u»Greek «/u»: (c. 840-882) was the wife of the «u»Byzantine emperor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_emperor>«/u» «u»Basil I <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_I_the_Macedonian>«/u», the mistress of his predecessor «u»Michael III <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_III>«/u», and the mother to both the Emperors «u»Leo VI <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_VI_the_Wise>«/u» and «u»Alexander <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander,_Byzantine_Emperor>«/u» and «u»Patriarch Stephen I of Constantinople <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Stephen_I_of_Constantinople>«/u».
Eudokia was the daughter of Inger, a «u»Varangian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians>«/u» guard in the emperor's service. Her mother was a Martinakia and a distant relative to the imperial family. «u»[1]«/u»
Because her family was «u»iconoclastic «/u», the Empress Mother «u»Theodora <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_(9th_century)>«/u» strongly disapproved of them. About 855 Eudokia became the mistress of Theodora's son, Michael III, who thus incurred the anger of his mother and the powerful minister Theoktistos. Unable to risk a major scandal by leaving his wife, Michael married Eudokia to his friend Basil but continued his relationship with her. Basil was compensated with the emperor's sister Thekla as his own mistress.
Eudokia gave birth to a son, Leo, in September 866 and another, Stephen, in November 867. They were officially Basil's children, but this paternity was questioned, apparently even by Basil himself. The strange promotion of Basil to co-emperor in May 867 lends some support to the possibility that at least Leo was actually Michael III's illegitimate son. The parentage of Eudokia's younger children is not a subject of dispute, as Michael III was murdered in September 867.
A decade into Basil's reign, Eudokia became involved with another man, whom the emperor ordered to be «u»tonsured «/u» as monk. In 882, she selected «u»Theophano <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophano,_wife_of_Leo_VI>«/u» as wife for her son Leo, and died shortly afterwards.
1. Cyril Mango, "Eudocia Ingerina, the Normans, and the Macedonian Dynasty," «i»Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog Instituta«/i», XIV-XV, 1973, 17-27.
2. «i»The «u»Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium «/u»«/i», Oxford University Press, 1991.
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| Person ID |
I59705 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
| Family |
Basil I 'the Macedonian',, Emperor of Constantinople, b. Abt 811 d. 29 Aug 886 (Age ~ 75 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Leo VI the Wise of Byzantium Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine Emperor, b. 19 Sep 866 d. 11 May 912 (Age 45 years) |
| | 2. Stephen I of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople, b. Nov 867 d. 18 May 893 (Age ~ 25 years) |
| | 3. Alexander, Emperor of Constantinople, b. 19 Sep 866 d. 6 Jun 913 (Age 46 years) |
| | 4. Anna, Porphyrogenita d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. Helena, Porphyrogenita, A nun d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. Maria, Porphyrogenita. A nun d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F551615284 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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