Byzantine empresses

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 75. Chapters: Irene of Athens, Theodora, Aelia Eudocia, List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses, List of exiled and pretending Byzantine Empresses, Verina, Zoe Porphyrogenita, Anna Dalassene, Sophia, Aelia Eudoxia, Constantina, Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress, Ariadne, Euphemia, Theophano, Margaret of Hungary, Maria of Antioch, Bertha of Sulzbach, Irene Doukaina, Catherine of Bulgaria, Zenonis, Theodosia, wife of Leo V, Ino Anastasia, Gregoria, Martina, Anna of Savoy, Helena Lekapene, Fausta, Theophano Martiniake, Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina, Anna, wife of Artabasdos, Theodora of Khazaria, Theodote, Prokopia, Eudokia Makrembolitissa, Augusta, Zoe Karbonopsina, Eudokia, wife of Constantine V, Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, Maria of Alania, Irene Asanina, Eudokia Ingerina, Irene of Montferrat, Leontia, Irene of Hungary, Helena Kantakouzene, Helena DragaS, Zoe Zaoutzaina, Anna of Hohenstaufen, Theophano, wife of Staurakios, Maria of Amnia, Tzitzak, Philippa of Armenia, Irene Palaiologina, Helena, daughter of Alypius, Rita of Armenia, Fabia Eudokia, List of Latin empresses, Theodora, daughter of Constantine VII, Theodora, wife of Romanos I, Irene Gattilusio, Sophia of Montferrat, Maria, wife of Leo III, Eudokia Dekapolitissa, Marie de Courtenay, Maria of Trebizond, Keratsa of Bulgaria, Eudokia Angelina, Anna of Hungary, Eudokia Baïana, Thekla, wife of Michael II, Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, Anna Komnene Angelina, Irene Laskarina, Anna of Moscow, Irene of Brunswick, Maria, wife of Constantine V. Excerpt: This is a list of women who were Roman Empress, i.e. the wife of the Roman Emperor, the ruler of the Roman Empire. The Romans had no single term for the position: Latin and Greek titles such as Augusta (derived from the first emperor Augustus), Caesarissa or Kaisarissa (derived from Julius Caesar), basilissa (Greek ßas¿¿¿ssa), the female form of basileus, and Autokratorissa, the female form of autocrat, were all used. In the third century, Augustae could also receive the titles of Mater castrorum (mother of the army camps) and Mater patriae (mother of the fatherland). Another title of the Byzantine Empresses was "Eusebestate Augousta" (Most Pious Augusta); they were also called Kyria (Lady) or Despoina (d¿sp¿¿¿a), the female form of "despotes". Due to the practice of dividing the Roman empire under different Emperors, there were periods when there were more than one Roman empress. All the Roman empresses are listed with some co-empresses. Not all empresses were titled Augusta, and not all Augustas were empresses since the emperor's sister or mistress could bear that title. Some Caesarissas and Despoinas that never were empresses are included, since the titles were quite similar to Empress; however, in the Eastern Roman Empire these titles are often more equivalent to the modern term "Crown Princess". The Western Roman Empire produced no known empresses regnant, though the obscure Ulpia Severina probably ruled in her own right for some time after the death of her husband Aurelian. The Eastern Roman Empire had three official empresses regnant: Irene, Zoe and Theodora. There never was a male Emperor consort (i.e. a husband of an empress-regnant); however, some husband and wife couples, notably Justinian and Theodora, were simultaneous co-regnants. Variations of the title include: Western Christian and Modern variations: None The Western Roman Empire met its end in 476 and the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453. Although othe...