Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameIrene DOUKAINA Byzantine Empress, 29G Grandmother
Birthabt 1066, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
Death19 Feb 1138
FatherAndronikos DOUKAS (-1077)
MotherMaria Of Bulgaria (->1095)
Spouses
1Alexios I KOMNENOS Byzantine Emperor, 29G Grandfather
Birthabt 1056
Death15 Aug 1118
FatherJohn KOMNENOS (~1015-1067)
MotherAnna DALASSENE (1025-1102)
Marriage1078
ChildrenJohn II Komnenos (1087-1143)
Theodora (1096-)
Notes for Irene DOUKAINA Byzantine Empress
Empress consort of the Byzantine Empire 1081 to 1118
Conspired with her oldest daughter Anna against her son John attempting to place Nikephoros, Anna’s husband, on the throne. Nikephorus refused and the conspiricy collapsed.
Conspired with her oldest daughter Anna against her son John attempting to place Nikephoros, Anna’s husband, on the throne. Nikephorus refused and the conspiricy collapsed.
Notes for Alexios I (Spouse 1)
Ruled April 4 1081 to August 15, 1118
A distinguished general, he overthrew Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros III. His reign was dominated by wars against the Normans and Seljuk Turks, as well as the arrival of the First Crusade and the establishment of Crusader states.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos
A distinguished general, he overthrew Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros III. His reign was dominated by wars against the Normans and Seljuk Turks, as well as the arrival of the First Crusade and the establishment of Crusader states.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos