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Irene of Athens (Greek: Εἰρήνη, Eirḗnē; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaena (Greek: Σαρανταπήχαινα, Sarantapḗchaina), [a] was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler from 792 until 797, and finally empress regnant and sole ruler of the Eastern Roman ...
Constantine Sarantapechos, Irene's relative –usually suggested brother-in-law or uncle– was a patrician and maybe a strategos (military commander) of the Byzantine theme of Hellas. Constantine's son and therefore Irene's nephew or cousin, Theophylact ( Θεοφύλακτος ), was a spatharios and is mentioned as having been involved in ...
Leo IV was born on 25 January 750 AD, [2] to Emperor Constantine V and his first wife, Empress Tzitzak who had been given the Christian name Eirene. [3] Because his mother was a Khazar, Leo was given the epithet 'the Khazar'. [4] Leo was elevated to co-emperor in 751, while still an infant. [3]
According to the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor, Theophano was a relative of Irene (reigned 797–802). Both women were from Athens but the nature of their relation to each other is not known. On 20 December 807, Theophano married Staurakios. The date of their marriage was recorded by Theophanes. Staurakios was the only known son of ...
Articles relating to Irene of Athens (c.752-803, reigned 797-802). Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C.
The role of Irene in the war is not described by Theophanes. On 25 January 750, Constantine and Tzitzak had a son, Leo, who would succeed his father as Emperor Leo IV—better known as "Leo the Khazar". Leo's birth is the last mention of Irene in the historical record. By the following year, Constantine was already married to his second wife Maria.
At the time Irene of Athens was a sole Empress, Pope Leo III considered Irene's alleged unprecedented status as a female ruler of the Roman Empire and proclaimed Charlemagne emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas Day of 800. He assumed that a woman could not rule and so the throne of the Roman Empire was actually vacant.
Maria and Leo III had four known children: Anna, wife of Artabasdos (c. 705 – after 772).; Constantine V [3] [4] (July, 718 – 14 September 775).; Irene. Kosmo. The names and place of burial of two other daughters were recorded in De Ceremoniis by Constantine VII.