His mournful features, reflect his death from tuberculosis in the same year. Reaching Mesembria (Nesebar), the imperial couple sailed for Constantinople, where the enraged Michael VIII refused to receive them for days for their cowardice. It is believed that she was born of a Greek noble family. Especially unusual is that, while Constantine V was a militant iconoclast who was known for persecuting venerators of icons, Irene herself displayed iconophile predilections. Irene was a daughter of despotēs Demetrios Palaiologos and his wife Theodora. On 4 December 1354, John VI abdicated and he and Asanina retired to separate monasteries while John V secured control of Constantinople. On 15 April 1353, Matthew was declared co-emperor and the conflict between John V and John VI restarted over what was seen as an attempt of John VI to secure his succession. The couple had at least five children:[1], Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies. She apparently was a beautiful but orphaned girl who at the age of seventeen was brought to Constantinople by the Emperor Constantine V to be married to his son Leo in November 769. The Second Council of Nicaea reintroduced the veneration of icons under Empress Irene. Σαρανταπήχαινα), Byzantine empress regnant from 797 to 802. Irene Yolande of Montferrat Eirene of Montferrat Yolanda (renamed Irene) of Montferrat Yolanda/Violante Yolande Yolande of Montferrat (c. 1274 – 1317 in Constantinople) (also known as Violante, then Empress Irene) was the second wife of Andronikos II Palaiologos and thus empress of the Byzantine Empire. Empress Irene was born between 750 and 755 into a noble family of Athens. After Irene's rise to sole rule, Aetios developed an intense rivalry with her eunuch chief minister Staurakios. The clergy and nobles attending the ceremony proclaimed Charlemagne as “Emperor of the Roman Empire.” In support of Charlemagne’s coronation, some argued that the imperial position was actually vacant, deeming a wom… https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irene_Palaiologina,_Empress_of_Bulgaria&oldid=999281247, Articles containing Bulgarian-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Παλαιολογίνα, Bulgarian: Ирина Палеологина) was the eldest daughter of Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos and empress Theodora Palaiologina, and empress consort of Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria. Irene Palaiologina (died after 1356), was the Empress consort of Matthew Kantakouzenos. Their eldest son Alexius Comnenos is represented on an adjacent pilaster. Yolande of Montferrat (c. 1274 – 1317 in Constantinople) (also known as Violante, then Empress Irene) was the second wife of Andronikos II Palaiologos and thus empress of the Byzantine Empire. This caused an alliance between Ivaylo and the dowager Bulgarian empress Maria Kantakouzene: she married Ivaylo, who was recognized as Bulgarian emperor in 1278, without deposing or disinheriting the young Michael Asen II, her son by the late Constantine Tikh, whom Ivaylo killed at the beginning of the revolt. Her maternal aunts included Simonida. In 798 she opened diplomatic relations with the Western emperor Charlemagne, and in 802 a marriage between her and Charlemagne was reportedly contemplated.According to the contemporary Byzantine historian Theophanes, the scheme was frustrated by one of Irene’s favourites. She was later venerated as Saint Irene. The History of John VI Kantakouzenos records the marriage of Irene to Matthew Kantakouzenos in 1340. Irene of Athens (c. 752 – 803 AD) was Byzantine empress from 797 to 802.; Before that, Irene was empress consort from 775 to 780, and empress dowager and regent from 780 to 797. It is unclear why she was selected as the bride for the young Leo IV. Leo exiled his half-brothers. Irene’s unprecedented position as an empress ruling in her own right was emphasized by the coincidental rise of the Carolingian Empire in western Europe, which rivaled Irene’s Byzantium in size and power. English: Empress Irene, born Princess Piroska of Hungary (*1088 – †13 August, 1134), was a daughter of King Ladislaus I of Hungary and Princess Adelaide of Swabia.She was married to Byzantine Emperor John II Comnenus.She and Emperor John had eight children. In 797, the Eastern Emperor Constantine VI was deposed and replaced as monarch by his mother, Irene. George Pachymeres reports that in 1305 Irene Palaiologina attempted to arrange a mutiny against her brother Andronikos II Palaiologos in revenge for the assassination of her son-in-law Roger de Flor. Δούκαινα, Eirēnē Doukaina) (c. 1066 – February 19, 1123 or 1133) was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, and the mother of the emperor John II Komnenos and of the historian Anna Komnene. She gave birth to a son, Constantine, on January 14, 771. Byzantine authors say that the tsar and the tsarina did not feel comfortable living in the palace where they had been surrounded by еnemies. Marriage. Fearing the rapid success of Ivaylo's revolt in Bulgaria, Michael VIII summoned Ivan Asen, a descendant of Bulgaria's ruling dynasty living at the Byzantine Empire (he was the son of Mitso Asen, who reigned in 1256–57), granted him the title of despotes, and married him to Irene in 1277 or 1278. From 797 to 802 CE she ruled as emperor in her own right, the first woman to do so in Byzantine history. Empress Irene of Athens was the first female ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Irene was also known for her generous financial policies, which were especially friendly to monasteries. Michael VIII then sent several Byzantine armies in an attempt to install Ivan Asen III on the throne. On February, 1356, he and Irene were captured by Serbian forces and remained in captivity until delivered to John V in December, 1357. , Eirēnē) (c. 752 – August 9, 803) was Byzantine empress from 797 to 802. Theodora (/ ˌ θ iː ə ˈ d ɔːr ə /; Greek: Θεοδώρα; c. 500 – 28 June 548) was an Eastern Roman empress by marriage to emperor Justinian.She became empress upon Justinian's accession in 527 and was one of his chief advisers, albeit from humble origins. 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