Irene of Athens (Greek: Εἰρήνη, Eirḗnē; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (Greek: Σαρανταπήχαινα, Sarantapḗchaina), was Byzantine empress...

goddess of peace. Irene was also the name of an 8th-century Byzantine empress (Irene of Athens), as well as the name of several saints (see Saint Irene). Arina...

an Athens metro station in Ano Maroussi, Greece Tropical Storm Irene (1947) Tropical Storm Irene (1959) Hurricane Irene–Olivia (1971) Hurricane Irene (1981)...

iˈrini]), also known as Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene, is an Eastern Orthodox church in the city of Athens, Greece, built on the site of an older medieval church...

Irene Papas or Irene Pappas (Greek: Ειρήνη Παππά, romanized: Eiríni Pappá, IPA: [iˈrini paˈpa]; born Eirini Lelekou (Greek: Ειρήνη Λελέκου, romanized: Eiríni...

Historical affiliations Kingdom of Athens 1556 BC–1068 BC City-state of Athens 1068 BC–322 BC Hellenic League 338 BC–322 BC Kingdom of Macedonia 322 BC–148 BC...

was elevated to co-emperor in the next year, in 751, and married to Irene of Athens in 769. When Constantine V died in September 775, while campaigning...

Athens (/ˈæθɪnz/ ATH-inz) is the capital and largest city of Greece. A major coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the...

Irene of Hungary (Greek: Είρήνη, born Piroska; 1088 – 13 August 1134) was the Byzantine empress by marriage to John II Komnenos. She is venerated as an...

droungarios of the Dodekanesos Theophylact Rhangabe, who had participated in a failed conspiracy to wrest the throne from Empress-regent Irene of Athens in 780...

eunuch official, who rose to be one of the most important and influential associates of Byzantine empress Irene of Athens (r. 797–802). He effectively acted...

182) was the second daughter of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman empress Faustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive...

Greece at the time. Very few members are known of the family, the first and most prominent being Irene of Athens, who, after her marriage to emperor Leo IV...

Irene Doukaina or Ducaena (Greek: Εἰρήνη Δούκαινα, Eirēnē Doukaina; c. 1066 – 19 February 1138) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to the Byzantine emperor...

Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing their own child. The word filicide is derived from the Latin words filius and filia ('son' and 'daughter')...

The Nikephorian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire began following the deposition of the Empress Irene of Athens. The throne of the Byzantine Empire passed...

The ancient sources say little of her family; however, Suetonius states that she was a great-great-granddaughter of Titus Statilius Taurus, a Roman general...

encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-12-06. Empire, Byzantine (2024-02-20). "Irene of Athens: Empress, Iconoclast Conqueror, and Saint". Byzantine Empire. Retrieved...

with Irene serving as his regent. In 782 he was betrothed to Rotrude, a daughter of the Frankish King Charlemagne by his third wife Hildegard. Irene herself...

Orestilla, alternately Cornelia Orestilla or Orestina, was the second wife of the Roman emperor Caligula in AD 37 or 38. Her name is given in ancient sources...

Crispina (164 – 191 AD) was Roman empress from 178 to 191 as the consort of Roman emperor Commodus. Her marriage to Commodus did not produce an heir,...

early Byzantine period. Due to the influence of Empress Irene of Athens, the see was raised to the rank of a metropolis sometime after 765, but this was...

Byzantine eunuch official and one of the most trusted advisers of Byzantine empress Irene of Athens (r. 797–802). After Irene's rise to sole rule, Aetios developed...

Roman empress as the second wife of the emperor Nero. She had also been wife to the future emperor Otho. The historians of antiquity describe her as a beautiful...

fourth and last wife of the Roman emperor Caligula from their marriage in AD 39 until they were both assassinated in 41. The daughter of Vistilia, Milonia...

wife or a concubine of Constantine I, and the mother of his eldest son Crispus. Constantine served as a hostage in the court of Eastern Roman Emperor...

Constantine's son, Leo IV. After the latter's early death, his widow, Irene of Athens, as regent for her son, began its restoration for personal inclination...

(Greek: Τζιτζάκ; died c. 750), baptised Irene (Greek: Εἰρήνη, romanized: Irini), was a Khazar princess, the daughter of khagan Bihar, who became empress by...

Augusta (died 326 AD) was a Roman empress. She was the daughter of Maximian and wife of Constantine the Great, who had her executed and excluded from all...

and minister of the Byzantine empress Irene of Athens. Ignatius of Constantinople (799–877): twice Patriarch of Constantinople during troubled political...