42:
1603:
344:
Irene played little part in government, devoting herself to piety and her many children. She was, with her husband, the patron of the construction of the
Monastery of Christ Pantokrator (
1588:
291:
The name
Piroska was a Hungarian derivation of the Latin name Prisca, literally meaning 'ancient', but implying 'serious' or 'grave' behaviour. She was a daughter of
60:
1598:
1578:
390:
128:
348:) in Constantinople. This monastery contained three churches and a hospital of 5 wards, which was open to people of all social classes.
1563:
1390:
645:
1608:
1568:
1558:
1466:
1432:
1274:
1553:
1548:
654:
299:. Her mother died in 1090 when Piroska was still a child. Her father died on 29 July 1095 and was succeeded by his nephew
1395:
1340:
1137:
17:
919:
468:
1167:
137:
1583:
1142:
1071:
1573:
1223:
1162:
638:
367:
122:
1593:
1350:
1279:
1264:
1132:
964:
949:
1613:
1212:
805:
605:
228:
1543:
1385:
1269:
1207:
1173:
886:
359:
She and John had eight children. The primary source about their order of births is the chronicle of
1217:
631:
403:
384:
300:
1303:
1292:
1152:
924:
909:
334:
296:
280:
213:
177:
325:
The negotiations were successful and
Piroska married John in 1104. The marriage was recorded by
1487:
1016:
826:
501:
397:
292:
167:
458:
1360:
1298:
1229:
1086:
698:
1517:
indicates a consort to an emperor variously regarded as either legitimate or a usurper, and
1538:
1461:
1380:
1239:
1147:
974:
780:
743:
8:
1439:
1422:
1402:
1365:
1345:
1197:
831:
322:. He was already co-ruler of his father since late 1092 and was expected to succeed him.
157:
41:
1412:
1370:
1330:
1285:
1192:
1066:
738:
713:
615:
575:
307:
243:
92:
483:
1494:
1323:
1122:
1056:
939:
914:
903:
841:
795:
555:
464:
423:
417:
360:
145:
117:
1249:
1499:
1444:
1355:
1335:
1254:
1234:
1105:
1076:
1026:
871:
815:
773:
763:
753:
688:
513:
370:(February 1106 â 1142), co-emperor from 1122 to 1142. His birth is recorded in the
315:
311:
276:
236:
187:
110:
1449:
1407:
1375:
1308:
1259:
1179:
1004:
999:
984:
959:
881:
836:
728:
723:
718:
703:
678:
534:
326:
253:
623:
1454:
1313:
1244:
1187:
994:
846:
790:
785:
758:
708:
683:
598:
338:
319:
268:
232:
73:
1532:
1482:
1427:
1417:
1117:
1081:
1041:
1036:
934:
851:
540:
410:
345:
330:
517:
821:
733:
546:
377:
47:
768:
989:
663:
1046:
891:
693:
351:
Irene died on 13 August 1134 and was later venerated as Saint Irene.
1202:
1127:
1010:
876:
861:
51:
1157:
1091:
1061:
944:
929:
748:
550:
372:
152:
275:; 1088 â 13 August 1134) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to
1604:
Burials at the
Monastery of Christ Pantocrator (Constantinople)
1051:
897:
383:
Maria
Komnene (b. February 1106, twin to Alexios), who married
222:
46:
Mosaic portrait of
Empress Irene on the Comnenos mosaic in the
460:
Byzantine
Empresses. Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204
954:
673:
1589:
Converts to
Eastern Orthodoxy from Roman Catholicism
445:
The World of Names: A Study in
Hungarian Onomatology
653:
409:Theodora Komnene (died 12 May 1157), who married
27:Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1134)
1530:
314:, Coloman negotiated the marriage of Piroska to
318:. John II was the eldest son of Alexios I and
639:
1513:indicates a consort to a junior co-emperor,
1599:Christian female saints of the Middle Ages
646:
632:
40:
502:"L'obituaire du typikon du Pantokrator"
499:
456:
426:(died 1180), emperor from 1143 to 1180.
306:In an effort to improve relations with
61:Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire
14:
1531:
627:
146:Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor
24:
333:. Following her conversion to the
25:
1625:
1579:Beatified and canonised ĂrpĂĄdians
562:
1564:12th-century Byzantine empresses
493:
477:
450:
437:
13:
1:
1609:Mothers of Byzantine emperors
1569:12th-century Christian saints
1559:12th-century Hungarian people
1521:incidates an empress regnant.
416:Eudokia Komnene, who married
341:, Piroska was renamed Irene.
258:Imperial or Monastic Vestment
199:Empress Irene, tonsured Xenia
1554:12th-century Hungarian women
1549:11th-century Hungarian women
1351:Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera
430:
7:
506:Revue des Ă©tudes byzantines
229:Church of the Holy Apostles
10:
1630:
528:
463:. Routledge. p. 199.
1508:
1475:
1386:Elena Asenina of Bulgaria
1104:
1025:
973:
887:Flavia Maximiana Theodora
860:
804:
662:
612:
606:Byzantine Empress consort
603:
595:
590:
569:
279:. She is venerated as an
252:
242:
219:
209:
204:
197:
183:
173:
163:
151:
116:
106:
98:
84:
80:
66:
59:
39:
34:
488:Byzantine Constantinople
447:, Akadémiai Kiadó, p. 28
385:John Rogerios Dalassenos
354:
1304:Eudokia Makrembolitissa
910:Flavia Julia Constantia
518:10.3406/rebyz.1969.1423
335:Eastern Orthodox Church
286:
214:Eastern Orthodox Church
827:Marcia Otacilia Severa
537:, Extracts of History.
500:Gautier, Paul (1969).
398:Stephen Kontostephanos
396:Anna Komnene, married
293:Ladislaus I of Hungary
168:Ladislaus I of Hungary
50:, Constantinople (now
1584:People from Esztergom
1391:Theodora Palaiologina
1361:Anna Komnene Angelina
1299:Catherine of Bulgaria
1230:Eudokia Dekapolitissa
699:Agrippina the Younger
129:Andronikos Komnenos,
70:1104 â 13 August 1134
1574:Hungarian princesses
1462:Sophia of Montferrat
1381:Anna of Hohenstaufen
1240:Theophano Martinakia
1148:Theodora of Khazaria
781:Julia Cornelia Paula
744:Faustina the Younger
457:Garland, L. (1999).
443:KĂĄlmĂĄn, BĂ©la (1979)
1440:Keratsa of Bulgaria
1423:Helena Kantakouzene
1403:Irene of Montferrat
1366:Philippa of Armenia
1346:Margaret of Hungary
1198:Theophano of Athens
1017:Julius Nepos's wife
832:Herennia Etruscilla
655:Roman and Byzantine
391:Andronikos Komnenos
1614:Daughters of kings
1467:Maria of Trebizond
1433:Irene Palaiologina
1413:Irene of Brunswick
1371:Maria of Courtenay
1331:Bertha of Sulzbach
739:Faustina the Elder
714:Statilia Messalina
616:Bertha of Sulzbach
337:and settlement in
308:Alexios I Komnenos
297:Adelaide of Swabia
178:Adelaide of Swabia
93:Kingdom of Hungary
18:Piroska of Hungary
1526:
1525:
1495:Byzantine emperor
1324:Dobrodeia of Kiev
1100:
1099:
904:Valeria Maximilla
842:Cornelia Salonina
796:Sallustia Orbiana
622:
621:
613:Succeeded by
571:Irene of Hungary
556:Niketas Choniates
424:Manuel I Komnenos
418:Theodore Vatatzes
361:Niketas Choniates
262:
261:
210:Venerated in
193:
192:
16:(Redirected from
1621:
1544:Komnenos dynasty
1445:Irene Gattilusio
1356:Eudokia Angelina
1336:Maria of Antioch
1319:Irene of Hungary
1255:Zoe Karbonopsina
1235:Eudokia Ingerina
1108:Byzantine Empire
971:
970:
816:Caecilia Paulina
774:Fulvia Plautilla
764:Manlia Scantilla
754:Bruttia Crispina
689:Milonia Caesonia
648:
641:
634:
625:
624:
596:Preceded by
586:
567:
566:
522:
521:
497:
491:
484:NecipoÄlu, Nevra
481:
475:
474:
454:
448:
441:
368:Alexios Komnenos
316:John II Komnenos
312:Byzantine Empire
281:Eastern Orthodox
277:John II Komnenos
265:Irene of Hungary
237:Istanbul, Turkey
225:
195:
194:
188:Eastern Orthodox
141:Theodora Komnene
123:Alexios Komnenos
111:John II Komnenos
44:
35:Irene of Hungary
32:
31:
21:
1629:
1628:
1624:
1623:
1622:
1620:
1619:
1618:
1529:
1528:
1527:
1522:
1504:
1471:
1408:Rita of Armenia
1396:Anna of Hungary
1376:Irene Laskarina
1341:Agnes of France
1309:Maria of Alania
1260:Helena Lekapene
1110:
1107:
1096:
1029:
1021:
1005:Marcia Euphemia
1000:Licinia Eudoxia
977:
969:
960:Aelia Flaccilla
882:Galeria Valeria
864:
856:
837:Cornelia Supera
808:
800:
729:Pompeia Plotina
724:Domitia Longina
719:Galeria Fundana
704:Claudia Octavia
679:Livia Orestilla
666:
658:
652:
618:
609:
601:
580:
579:
572:
565:
535:Joannes Zonaras
531:
526:
525:
498:
494:
490:, Brill, p. 133
482:
478:
471:
455:
451:
442:
438:
433:
357:
327:Joannes Zonaras
289:
271:: ÎÎŻÏÎźÎœÎ·, born
220:
200:
144:
143:Eudokia Komnene
142:
140:
136:
134:
127:
125:
91:
89:
71:
55:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1627:
1617:
1616:
1611:
1606:
1601:
1596:
1594:House of ĂrpĂĄd
1591:
1586:
1581:
1576:
1571:
1566:
1561:
1556:
1551:
1546:
1541:
1524:
1523:
1509:
1506:
1505:
1503:
1502:
1497:
1492:
1491:
1490:
1479:
1477:
1473:
1472:
1470:
1469:
1464:
1459:
1455:Anna of Moscow
1447:
1442:
1437:
1425:
1420:
1415:
1410:
1405:
1400:
1388:
1383:
1378:
1373:
1368:
1363:
1358:
1353:
1348:
1343:
1338:
1333:
1328:
1316:
1314:Irene Doukaina
1311:
1306:
1301:
1296:
1289:
1282:
1277:
1272:
1267:
1262:
1257:
1252:
1250:Eudokia BaĂŻana
1247:
1245:Zoe Zaoutzaina
1242:
1237:
1232:
1227:
1220:
1215:
1210:
1205:
1200:
1195:
1190:
1188:Maria of Amnia
1185:
1177:
1170:
1165:
1160:
1155:
1150:
1145:
1140:
1135:
1130:
1125:
1120:
1114:
1112:
1102:
1101:
1098:
1097:
1095:
1094:
1089:
1084:
1079:
1074:
1069:
1064:
1059:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1039:
1033:
1031:
1027:Eastern Empire
1023:
1022:
1020:
1019:
1014:
1007:
1002:
997:
995:Galla Placidia
992:
987:
981:
979:
975:Western Empire
968:
967:
962:
957:
952:
947:
942:
937:
932:
927:
922:
917:
912:
907:
900:
895:
889:
884:
879:
874:
868:
866:
858:
857:
855:
854:
849:
847:Ulpia Severina
844:
839:
834:
829:
824:
819:
812:
810:
802:
801:
799:
798:
793:
791:Annia Faustina
788:
786:Aquilia Severa
783:
778:
766:
761:
759:Flavia Titiana
756:
751:
746:
741:
736:
731:
726:
721:
716:
711:
709:Poppaea Sabina
706:
701:
696:
691:
686:
684:Lollia Paulina
681:
676:
670:
668:
667:27 BC â AD 235
660:
659:
651:
650:
643:
636:
628:
620:
619:
614:
611:
602:
599:Irene Doukaina
597:
593:
592:
588:
587:
573:
570:
564:
563:External links
561:
560:
559:
553:
544:
538:
530:
527:
524:
523:
492:
476:
469:
449:
435:
434:
432:
429:
428:
427:
421:
414:
407:
404:Isaac Komnenos
401:
394:
388:
381:
356:
353:
339:Constantinople
320:Irene Doukaina
288:
285:
260:
259:
256:
250:
249:
246:
240:
239:
233:Constantinople
226:
217:
216:
211:
207:
206:
202:
201:
198:
191:
190:
185:
181:
180:
175:
171:
170:
165:
161:
160:
158:House of ĂrpĂĄd
155:
149:
148:
138:Isaac Komnenos
120:
114:
113:
108:
104:
103:
102:13 August 1134
100:
96:
95:
86:
82:
81:
78:
77:
74:Irene Doukaina
68:
64:
63:
57:
56:
45:
37:
36:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1626:
1615:
1612:
1610:
1607:
1605:
1602:
1600:
1597:
1595:
1592:
1590:
1587:
1585:
1582:
1580:
1577:
1575:
1572:
1570:
1567:
1565:
1562:
1560:
1557:
1555:
1552:
1550:
1547:
1545:
1542:
1540:
1537:
1536:
1534:
1520:
1516:
1512:
1507:
1501:
1498:
1496:
1493:
1489:
1486:
1485:
1484:
1483:Roman emperor
1481:
1480:
1478:
1474:
1468:
1465:
1463:
1460:
1457:
1456:
1451:
1450:Helena DragaĆĄ
1448:
1446:
1443:
1441:
1438:
1435:
1434:
1429:
1428:Irene Asanina
1426:
1424:
1421:
1419:
1418:Anna of Savoy
1416:
1414:
1411:
1409:
1406:
1404:
1401:
1398:
1397:
1392:
1389:
1387:
1384:
1382:
1379:
1377:
1374:
1372:
1369:
1367:
1364:
1362:
1359:
1357:
1354:
1352:
1349:
1347:
1344:
1342:
1339:
1337:
1334:
1332:
1329:
1326:
1325:
1320:
1317:
1315:
1312:
1310:
1307:
1305:
1302:
1300:
1297:
1295:
1294:
1290:
1288:
1287:
1283:
1281:
1278:
1276:
1273:
1271:
1268:
1266:
1263:
1261:
1258:
1256:
1253:
1251:
1248:
1246:
1243:
1241:
1238:
1236:
1233:
1231:
1228:
1226:
1225:
1221:
1219:
1216:
1214:
1211:
1209:
1206:
1204:
1201:
1199:
1196:
1194:
1191:
1189:
1186:
1184:
1182:
1178:
1176:
1175:
1171:
1169:
1166:
1164:
1161:
1159:
1156:
1154:
1151:
1149:
1146:
1144:
1141:
1139:
1136:
1134:
1131:
1129:
1126:
1124:
1121:
1119:
1118:Fabia Eudokia
1116:
1115:
1113:
1109:
1103:
1093:
1090:
1088:
1085:
1083:
1082:Ino Anastasia
1080:
1078:
1075:
1073:
1070:
1068:
1065:
1063:
1060:
1058:
1055:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1045:
1043:
1042:Aelia Eudocia
1040:
1038:
1037:Aelia Eudoxia
1035:
1034:
1032:
1028:
1024:
1018:
1015:
1013:
1012:
1008:
1006:
1003:
1001:
998:
996:
993:
991:
988:
986:
983:
982:
980:
976:
972:
966:
963:
961:
958:
956:
953:
951:
948:
946:
943:
941:
938:
936:
935:Marina Severa
933:
931:
928:
926:
923:
921:
918:
916:
913:
911:
908:
906:
905:
901:
899:
896:
893:
890:
888:
885:
883:
880:
878:
875:
873:
870:
869:
867:
863:
859:
853:
852:Magnia Urbica
850:
848:
845:
843:
840:
838:
835:
833:
830:
828:
825:
823:
820:
817:
814:
813:
811:
807:
803:
797:
794:
792:
789:
787:
784:
782:
779:
776:
775:
770:
767:
765:
762:
760:
757:
755:
752:
750:
747:
745:
742:
740:
737:
735:
732:
730:
727:
725:
722:
720:
717:
715:
712:
710:
707:
705:
702:
700:
697:
695:
692:
690:
687:
685:
682:
680:
677:
675:
672:
671:
669:
665:
661:
656:
649:
644:
642:
637:
635:
630:
629:
626:
617:
608:
607:
600:
594:
591:Royal titles
589:
584:
578:
577:
576:ĂrpĂĄd dynasty
568:
557:
554:
552:
548:
545:
542:
541:John Kinnamos
539:
536:
533:
532:
519:
515:
511:
507:
503:
496:
489:
486:(ed.) (2001)
485:
480:
472:
470:0-203-02481-8
466:
462:
461:
453:
446:
440:
436:
425:
422:
419:
415:
412:
411:Manuel Anemas
408:
405:
402:
399:
395:
392:
389:
386:
382:
379:
375:
374:
369:
366:
365:
364:
362:
352:
349:
347:
346:Zeyrek Mosque
342:
340:
336:
332:
331:John Kinnamos
328:
323:
321:
317:
313:
309:
304:
302:
298:
294:
284:
282:
278:
274:
270:
266:
257:
255:
251:
247:
245:
241:
238:
234:
230:
227:
224:
218:
215:
212:
208:
203:
196:
189:
186:
182:
179:
176:
172:
169:
166:
162:
159:
156:
154:
150:
147:
139:
133:
132:
131:Sebastokrator
126:Maria Komnene
124:
121:
119:
115:
112:
109:
105:
101:
97:
94:
87:
83:
79:
75:
69:
65:
62:
58:
53:
49:
43:
38:
33:
30:
19:
1518:
1514:
1510:
1453:
1431:
1394:
1322:
1318:
1291:
1284:
1222:
1180:
1172:
1009:
902:
822:Tranquillina
772:
734:Vibia Sabina
604:
582:
574:
547:Anna Komnene
543:, Chronicle.
509:
505:
495:
487:
479:
459:
452:
444:
439:
406:(died 1154).
393:(died 1142).
378:Anna Komnene
371:
358:
350:
343:
324:
305:
290:
272:
264:
263:
135:Anna Komnene
130:
76:, 1104â1118)
48:Hagia Sophia
29:
1539:1134 deaths
1515:underlining
1087:Constantina
769:Julia Domna
558:, Chronicle
512:: 247â248.
235:modern day
1533:Categories
1218:Euphrosyne
990:Thermantia
950:Constantia
664:Principate
610:1118â1134
254:Attributes
1270:Theophano
1208:Theodosia
1183:of Athens
1138:Anastasia
1047:Pulcheria
892:Minervina
694:Messalina
657:empresses
431:Citations
248:13 August
1500:Augustae
1476:See also
1293:Theodora
1275:Theodora
1265:Theodora
1224:Theodora
1203:Prokopia
1193:Theodote
1128:Gregoria
1111:610â1453
1106:Eastern/
1072:Theodora
1067:Euphemia
1011:Placidia
920:Faustina
877:Eutropia
862:Dominate
184:Religion
52:Istanbul
1511:Italics
1168:Eudokia
1158:Tzitzak
1143:Eudokia
1123:Martina
1092:Leontia
1062:Zenonis
1057:Ariadne
1030:395â610
978:395â480
945:Domnica
940:Justina
930:Charito
915:Eusebia
865:284â610
809:235â285
749:Lucilla
551:Alexiad
529:Sources
373:Alexiad
310:of the
301:Coloman
283:saint.
273:Piroska
205:Empress
88:Piroska
1280:Helena
1213:Thekla
1133:Fausta
1077:Sophia
1052:Verina
925:Helena
898:Fausta
872:Prisca
806:Crisis
581:
467:
223:shrine
221:Major
174:Mother
164:Father
107:Spouse
72:(with
67:Tenure
1181:Irene
1163:Maria
1153:Maria
985:Maria
965:Galla
955:Laeta
674:Livia
583:Died:
355:Issue
269:Greek
244:Feast
153:House
118:Issue
1519:bold
1488:list
1452:(w.
1430:(w.
1393:(w.
1321:(w.
1174:Anna
771:(w.
585:1134
465:ISBN
329:and
295:and
287:Life
99:Died
90:1088
85:Born
1286:Zoë
894:(?)
818:(?)
514:doi
376:by
1535::
549:,
510:27
508:.
504:.
363::
303:.
231:,
1458:)
1436:)
1399:)
1327:)
777:)
647:e
640:t
633:v
520:.
516::
473:.
420:.
413:.
400:.
387:.
380:.
267:(
54:)
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)