Euphrosyne (disambiguation)
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Euphrosyne usually refers to a Greek goddess, and is a Greek female name; Phroso or Froso is its more common derivative.
Euphrosyne may also refer to:
- 31 Euphrosyne, one of the largest main belt asteroids
- Boloria euphrosyne, the pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly
- Euphrosyne (plant), a genus of flowering plants
- Euphrosine (annelid), a genus of Polychaete marine worms (with alternative spellings in literature)
People named Euphrosyne
[edit]Saints
[edit]- Euphrosyne of Alexandria (fl. 5th century), early Christian monastic and saint
- Euphrosyne of Polatsk (1110–1173), Belarusian Orthodox nun and saint
- Euphrosyne of Moscow (died 1407), Grand Duchess of Muscovy and Russian Orthodox saint
- Euphrosyne of Serbia (c. 1335–1405), also known as Princess Milica; Queen Regent of Serbia, Serbian Orthodox abbess and saint
Royalty
[edit]- Euphrosyne Angelina (died 1253 or 1288), daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelus
- Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken (1625–1687), Swedish countess palatine
Royal partners and concubines
[edit]- Euphrosyne (9th century) (c. 790–after 836), Byzantine Empress
- Euphrosyne of Opole (died 1292), wife of Casimir I of Kuyavia, and later of Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania
- Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera (1155–1211), Byzantine empress
- Euphrosyne of Kiev (c. 1130 – c. 1193), wife of king Géza II of Hungary
- Euphrosyne of Bulgaria (died before 1308), first wife of tzar Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria
- Afrosinya (1700–1748), mistress of the son of Peter the Great of Russia
Artists
[edit]- Euphrosyne Löf (1772–1828), Swedish actor
- Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet who used the pen name of "Euphrosyne"
- Eufrosyne Abrahamson (1836–1869), Swedish soprano
- Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa (1836–1874), Scottish soprano
Politicians
[edit]- Eufrosina Cruz (born 1979), Mexican activist and politician
Other uses
[edit]- Euphrosyne (ship) a paddle steamer created by David Napier for pleasure trips on Loch Lomond in 1830s and 40s.
- Euphrosine, 1790 opera by Étienne Méhul