Marcianus and Leontia plotted a revolt against Zeno in 479, which was based on Leontia's right of precedence over her sister as porphyrogenita. However, the...

Zoe Porphyrogenita (also spelled Zoë; Greek: Ζωή Πορφυρογέννητη, Medieval Greek: [zoˈi] "life"; c. 978 – 1050) was a member of the Macedonian dynasty who...

Theodora Porphyrogenita (Greek: Θεοδώρα Πορφυρογέννητη, romanized: Theodṓra Porphyrogénnētē; c. 980 – 31 August 1056) was Byzantine Empress from 21 April...

became the presumptive heir to the throne by marrying Leo's daughter Leontia Porphyrogenita in 470. Historian L. M. Whitby suggests this may have been a ploy...

Leonid dynasty. The son of the Western emperor Anthemius, Marcianus married Leontia, the daughter of the Eastern Roman emperor Leo I. He was consul twice,...

married to Leontia, the second daughter of Leo I and Verina. His claim to the throne relied on his wife being a Porphyrogenita. In theory Leontia outranking...

stepdaughter, the porphyrogenita Maria Komnene and her husband, the Caesar Renier of Montferrat, though himself a fellow Latin. The porphyrogenita Maria may have...

approximately one month after the wedding of Alexios' half-sister Maria Porphyrogenita to Renier of Montferrat, conducted by the Patriarch of Constantinople...

indeed, was still in bed only 48 hours after giving birth to Anna Porphyrogenita when the emperor died. Their sons, Basil II and Constantine VIII, five...

Isaurians, whom they considered barbarians; furthermore, Leontia's status as "porphyrogenita" gave her some sort of precedence to the throne, according...

ever since". She later became a nun. Zoë Porphyrogenita. Empress regnant 1042–1050. Theodora Porphyrogenita. Empress regnant in spring 1042 (sharing with...

Burial Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople Spouse Leo VI the Wise Issue Eudokia Porphyrogenita Dynasty Martinakioi Father Constantine Martinakios...

courts. Empresses who ruled in their own right, such as Irene and Zoë Porphyrogenita, sometimes adopted male titles such as basileus and autokrator to illustrate...

Theodora I. In this arrangement the later empress regnant Theodora Porphyrogenita is considered to be Theodora III. An imperial seal from Theodora's reign...

Tocco Leonardo II Tocco Leonardo III Tocco Leonid dynasty Leontia (daughter of Leo I) Leontia Leontios Leontios of Neapolis Leontius, Patriarch of Constantinople...