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IRENE, BYZANTINE EMPRESS. Coregnant 780 – 797, sole ruler from 797 to Oct. 31, 802; b. Athens, c. 752; d. Lesbos, Aug. 9, 803. Although married to Leo IV, "the Khazar," one of the more moderate iconoclastic emperors, Irene herself strongly supported the veneration of images. At Leo's death she became regent and coruler with her ten-year-old ...
Irene of Athens was an orphan from a noble family, and was married to the son of the current emperor, Leo IV, in 768. When Leo died in 780, Irene became regent for their nine-year-old son, Constantine, who was too young to rule as emperor, thereby giving her administrative control over the empire. As imperial regent, Irene subdued rebellions ...
THE BYZANTINE Irene of Athens. What'sHerName. From arriving at the port of Constantinople as a teenage bride to the heir to the Byzantine Throne, to exiling - and blinding - her own son, Constantine IV, to boldly crowning herself the first Empress Regnant of the Byzantine Empire, Irene of Athens' life was a wildly unpredictable ride through one ...
Irene of Athens was the wife of the Byzantine Emperor Leo IV and mother of Constantine VI, both strong iconoclasts. She ruled jointly with her son, Constantine, after the death of her husband Leo. Irene was a strong iconodule. She arranged the convening of the Second Council of Nicea in 787 that restored the practice of veneration of icons.
Mar 10, 2023 · Empress Irene of Athens is perhaps one of the most fascinating women in Byzantine if not, in all of medieval history, having a long and eventful story arc. She went from empress-consort to empress-regent, and finally to being the sole empress before being deposed after a reign of just five years (797-802).
Jun 15, 2013 · The main purpose of this paper is to construct a personality profile of Irene, the first empress to exercise exclusive political authority over the Eastern Roman Empire. The key question that the ...
Oct 13, 2022 · Irene of Athens was an orphan from a noble family, and was married to the son of the current emperor, Leo IV, in 768. When Leo died in 780, Irene became regent for their nine-year-old son, Constantine, who was too young to rule as emperor, thereby giving her administrative control over the empire. As imperial regent, Irene subdued rebellions ...
