Theodora II

...kapparhoepsilonίtautauomega." (Kai ek gynaikos ta kreitto) His pride wounded by Kassia's terse rebuttal, Theophilos rejected her and chose Theodora as his wife. When next we hear of Kassiani is that in 843 she founded a convent in the west...

In this article: Kassia, Theophilos, Holy Wednesday, Virgin Mary, God, Theodore the Studite, Holy Tuesday, Holy Week, and Myrrh

Bride-show - a custom of Byzantine emperors and Russian tsars to choose a wife among the most beautiful maidens of the country. Notable marriages: Theophilos and Theodora , three wives of Ivan IV of Russia, Peter the Great's mother.

In this article: Theophilos, Theodora, and Ivan IV of Russia

...with a strong body of Paulicians ravaged the frontiers of the empire. They were opposed by Petronas the Patrician the brother of Theodora then general of the Thrakesian theme. On his first campaign, against the Paulicians of Tephrike, he...

In this article: Michael III, Rome, and Amida

...offices of Constantinople, but even some of the emperors - conceivably Leo the Armenian and Basil I - could have been their descendants. Theodora the Byzantine regent and her brothers Bardas and Petronas the Patrician were also of...

In this article: Enmanuel Mamikonian, Varazdat, Armenia, Mamikonian, and John the Baptist

...his two-year old son Michael III shortly before his death in 842. Following Theophilos' death, a regency consisting of the empress Theodora , Theoktistos, and the empress' brothers Bardas and Petronas was set up. For the next 14 years,...

In this article: Michael III, Theophilos, Theodora, and Leo V the Armenian

...iconoclastic controversies end in Byzantium with the widow of Emperor Theophilus, Theodora II, acting as regent for her son, the future Michael III. Theodora II restored the veneration of icons in the Eastern Church, thus ending Iconoclasm.

In this article: Nominoe, Charles the Bald, Theophilus, Michael III, Louis the German, Louis the Pious, Kenneth I, and Erispoe

...some decisions for the sixteen-year-old emperor. She proclaimed a bride-show for him and seems to have handpicked her daughter-in-law Theodora . Soon after she retired to a monastery again. Theophanes Continuatus, the continuation of the...

In this article: Euphrosyne, Constantine VI, Theophilos, Maria of Amnia, Theodora, Theophanes the Confessor, and Theodote

...and may have been responsible for the slight intensification of the persecution of Iconodules. He was deposed by Theophilos' widow Theodora (his own relative) as a preliminary towards the ending of Iconoclasm in 843. The deposed...

In this article: John VII of Constantinople, Theophilos, Vinegar, and Theodora

...after the death of the emperor, in 843, the influential minister Theoktistos convinced the Empress Mother Theodora , as regent for her two-year-old son Michael III, to permit the restoration of icons by arranging that her dead husband would...

In this article: Michael III, Eastern Orthodox Church, Theophilos, Great Lent, Leo V the Armenian, and British Museum

...had assisted with the coup and replaced them as regent. In early 856, Michael III relegated his surviving sisters to monasteries. On 15 March, 856, Theodora was stripped of her title of Augusta. She was allowed to remain in the palace until...

In this article: Michael III, Theodora, Eudokia Dekapolitissa, Euphrosyne, Eudokia Ingerina, and Byzantium