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Phrygian dynasty (820-867)

Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
	Thekla	Bardanes Tourkos	?	before 803	25 December 820	c. 823		Michael II
	Euphrosyne	Constantine VI (Isaurian)	c. 790	c. 823		2 October 829	after 836	Michael II
	Theodora the Armenian (Θεοδώρα)	Marinos (Mamikonian)	c. 815	5 June 830		20 January 842	after 867	Theophilos
	Eudokia Dekapolitissa	?	?	855		23 September 867 – 24 September 867	?	Michael III
Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Macedonian dynasty (867-1056)

Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
	Eudokia Ingerina ^[1] (Ευδοκία Ιγγερίνα)	Inger, a Varangian guard (Martiniakoi)	840	865	26 May 866 as co-empress consort	882		Basil I
	Eudokia Ingerina ^[1] (Ευδοκία Ιγγερίνα)	Inger, a Varangian guard (Martiniakoi)	840	865	24 September 867 as sole-empress consort	882		Basil I
	Theophano Martiniake (Θεοφανώ)	Constantine Martiniakos (Martiniakoi)	-	883	883 as co-empress consort	893/897	10 November 897	Leo VI
	Theophano Martiniake (Θεοφανώ)	Constantine Martiniakos (Martiniakoi)	-	883	29 August 886 as sole-empress consort	893/897	10 November 897
	Zoe Zaoutzaina (Ζωή Καρβωνοψίνα)	Stylianos Zaoutzes (Zaoutzedes)	-	893/897 ^[2]		May 899
	Eudokia Baïana	Phrygian origin	-	Spring 900 ^[3]		12 April 901
	Zoe Karbonopsina	-	-	9 January 906 ^[4]		11 May 912	after 919
	Helena Lekapene	Romanos I Lekapenos (Lekapenoi)	910	April 919	April 919 as co-empress consort	9 November 959	19 September 961	Constantine VII
	Helena Lekapene	Romanos I Lekapenos (Lekapenoi)	910	April 919	27 January 945 as sole-empress consort	9 November 959	19 September 961	Constantine VII
	Theodora (Θεοδώρα)	-	-	before 905	24 September 920 as Caesarissa	20 February 922		Romanos I
	Theodora (Θεοδώρα)	-	-	before 905	17 December 920 as senior empress consort	20 February 922		Romanos I
	Sophia	Niketas magister	-	before 919	17 May 921 as co-empress consort	14 August 932	after 959	Christopher Lekapenos
	Anna Gabalina	? Gabalos (Gabaloi)	-	933 as co-empress consort		27 January 945	afterwards ?	Stephen Lekapenos
	Helena	patrikios Hadrian	-	939 as co-empress consort		14 January 940		Constantine Lekapenos
	Theophano Mamas	? Mamas (Mamas)	-	939 as co-empress consort		27 January 945	afterwards ?	Constantine Lekapenos
	Eudokia of Italy	Hugh of Arles, King of Italy (Bosonids)	927/30	September 944	6 April 945 as co-empress consort	Autumn 949		Romanos II
	Theophano (Θεοφανώ)	Krateros, an inkeeper	941/943	957	957 as co-empress consort	15 March 963 1st time	after 976
				957	9 November 959 as sole-empress consort	15 March 963 1st time
				20 September 963 2nd time		10 December 969		Nikephoros II
	Theodora Makedones (Θεοδώρα)	Constantine VII (Macedonian)	946	November 971		10 January 976	-	John I
	Helena	Alypius	-	970s	970s as co-empress consort	15 November 1028	-	Constantine VIII
					10 January 976 as only empress but still junior empress consort under Basil II
					15 December 1025 as sole empress consort
	Zoe Porphyrogenita (Ζωή)	Constantine VIII (Macedonian)	978	12 November 1028	15 November 1028 1st time	11 April 1034	June 1050	Romanos III
				11 April 1034 2nd time		10 December 1041	June 1050	Michael IV
				11 June 1042 ^[3] 3rd time		June 1050		Constantine IX
Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Komnenid dynasty (1057-1059)

Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
	Ekaterina of Bulgaria	Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria (Comitopuli)	-	before 1057	5 June 1057 as rival emperess consort 31 August 1057 as sole emperess consort	22 November 1059	after 1061	Isaac I
Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Doukid dynasty (1059-1081)

Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
	Eudokia Makrembolitissa (Ευδοκία Μακρεμβολίτισσα)	John Makrembolites (Makrembolites)	1021	before 1050	24 November 1059 1st time	22 May 1067	1096	Constantine X
	Eudokia Makrembolitissa (Ευδοκία Μακρεμβολίτισσα)	John Makrembolites (Makrembolites)	1021	1 January 1068 2nd time		1071	1096	Romanos IV
	Irene Pegonitissa	Niketas Pegonites	-	1045	?around 1059? as Caesarissa	8 September 1060/6		Caesar John Doukas
	Maria of Alania (Μαρία της Αλανίας)	Bagrat IV of Georgia (Bagratids)	1050	1065	1065 as junior-empress consort 22 May 1067 as co-empress consort 1071 as sole-empress consort 1075 as senior empress consort	31 March 1078	after 1103	Michael VII
	Maria of Alania (Μαρία της Αλανίας)	Bagrat IV of Georgia (Bagratids)	1050	1078		10 December 1081	after 1103	Nikephoros III
Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Komnenid dynasty (1081-1185)

Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
	Irene Doukaina (Ειρήνη Δούκαινα)	Andronikos Doukas (Doukai)	1066	1078	4 April 1081	15 August 1118	19 February 1123 or 1133	Alexios I
	Anna Komnene (Άννα Κομνηνή)	Alexios I (Komnenoi)	1 December 1083	1097 as Caesarissa		1118/37	1153	Caesar Nikephoros Bryennios
	Irene of Hungary	Ladislaus I of Hungary (Árpád)	1088	1104	1104 as co-empress consort 15 August 1118 as sole-empress consort	13 August 1134		John II
	Eupraxia of Kiev	Mstislav I of Kiev (Rurikids)	The identity of his wife is uncertain. It is possible he was married twice, the first wife being Dobrodjeja Mstislavna of Kiev, a daughter of Mstislav I of Kiev, and the second being Katay of Georgia, a daughter of David IV of Georgia. While both women are known to have married members of the Komnenoi family, several theories have been suggested as to the identities of their husband or husbands. ^[5]					Alexios
	Irene of Georgia	David IV of Georgia (Bagratids)						Alexios
	Irene of Sulzbach	Berengar II, Count of Sulzbach (Babenberg)	1110s	after Epiphany 1146		29 August 1159 28 September 1159/60		Manuel I
	Maria of Antioch	Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (Ramnulfids)	1145	24 December 1161		24 September 1180	27 August 1182	Manuel I
	Anna of France	Louis VII of France (Capet)	1171/2	2 March 1180	24 September 1180	October 1183	after 1204	Alexios II
	Anna of France	Louis VII of France (Capet)	1171/2	1183		12 September 1185	after 1204	Andronikos I
Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Angelid dynasty (1185-1204)

Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
	Maria of Hungary	Béla III of Hungary (Árpád)	1175	1185	12 September 1185 1st time	8 April 1195	1223/after 3 March 1229	Isaac II
	Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera (Ευφροσύνη Δούκαινα Καματερίνα ή Καματηρά)	Andronikos Doukas Kamateros (Doukai Kamateroi)	1155	1170/80	8 April 1195	17/18 July 1203	1211	Alexios III
	Maria of Hungary	Béla III of Hungary (Árpád)	1175	c. 1185	July 1203 2nd time	January 1204	1223/after 3 March 1229	Isaac II
	Eudokia Angelina (Ευδοκία Αγγελίνα)	Alexios III (Angeloi)	-	1204, after 12 April		November 1204	1211, or after	Alexios V
Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Palaiologan dynasty (restored to Constantinople, 1261-1453)

Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse
	Theodora Doukaina Vatatzaina	Ioannes Doukas Vatatzes (Doukai)	c. 1240	1253	1 January 1259 as co-empress consort of Nicaea 18 August 1258 as sole-empress consort of Nicaea 25 July 1261 as empress consort, restored to Constantinople 8 November 1273 as senior empress consort 1281 as only empress consort	11 December 1282	4 March 1303	Michael VIII
	Anna of Hungary	Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád)	c. 1260	8 November 1273 as co-empress consort		1281/2		Andronikos II
	Irene of Montferrat	William VII, Marquess of Montferrat (Aleramici)	1274	1284 as sole empress consort 16 January 1294 as senior empress conosrt		1317		Andronikos II
	Maria of Armenia	Leo III of Armenia (Hetoumids)	10/11 January 1278	c. 1185	16 January 1294 as junior empress conosrt 1317 as only empress consort	12 October 1320	July 1333	Michael IX
	Irene of Brunswick	Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf)	c. 1293	March 1318	March 1318 as co-empress consort July 1321 as rival empress consort	16/17 August 1324		Andronikos III
	Anna of Savoy	Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (Savoy)	1306	October 1326	October 1326 as rival empress consort 24 May 1328 as sole empress conosort	15 June 1341	1359	Andronikos III
	Irene Asanina	Andronikos Asen (Asen)	c. 1300	before 1320	26 October 1341 as rival empress consort 8 February 1347 as co-empress conosort	4 December 1354	1363-1379	John VI
	Helena Kantakouzene	John VI (Kantakouzenoi)	1333	28/29 May 1347	28/29 May 1347 as co-empress conosort 1352 as rival empress consort 4 December 1354 as senior empress conosort	12 August 1376	10 December 1396	John V
	Irene Palaiologina	Demetrios Palaiologos (Palaiologoi)	1327	1340	15 April 1353 as co-empress conosort 4 December 1354 as rival empress consort	1357		Matthew Kantakouzenos
	Maria of Bulgaria	Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (Shishman)	1348	after 17 August 1355	after 17 August 1355 as co-empress conosort 12 August 1376 s senior empress conosort	1 July 1379	1390	Andronikos IV
	Helena Kantakouzene	John VI (Kantakouzenoi)	1333	28 May/29 May 1347	1 July 1379 as senior empress consort, husband restored 14 April 1390 as only empress 17 September 1390 as senior empress consort, husband restored	16 February 1391	10 December 1396	John V
	Helena Dragaš	Constantine Dragaš (Dragaš)	c. 1372	10 February 1392 as senior empress conosort		21 July 1425	23 May 1450	Manuel II
	Irene Gattilusio	Francesco II of Lesbos (Gattilusio)	1333	before 1397 as co-empress conosort		22 September 1408	1 June 1440	John VII
	Anna of Moscow	Vasili I of Moscow (Rurikid)	1393	c. 1411	1416 as Despoina and shortly after co-empress consort	August 1417		John VIII
	Sophia Palaiologina of Montferrat	Theodore II, Marquess of Montferrat (Palaiologoi)	1396	19 January 1421	19 January 1421as co-empress conosort 21 July 1425 as sole-empress conosort	August 1426	21 August 1434
	Maria Megale Komnene	Alexios IV of Trebizond (Megalokomnenoi)	-	September 1427^[3]		17 December 1439
Picture	Name English, Greek, Latin	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Empress	Ceased to be Empress	Death	Spouse

Wives

Maria (d. aft. 865), the first wife of Emperor Basil I, repudiated in 865, before her husband ascent to the throne.
Maria Skleraina, the daughter of Photeinos Skleros and sister of Bardas Skleros; the first wife of Emperor John I, died before husband ascent to the throne.
Helena, the first wife of Emperor Romanos III, repudiated before 1028, before her husband's marriage to the Empress Zoe and his ascent to the throne.
Helena Skleraina (d. bef. 1034), the daughter of Basil Skleros; the second wife of Emperor Constantine IX, died before her husband's marriage to the Empress Zoe and his ascent to the throne.
Anna of Bulgaria (1030-bef. 1065), the daughter of tsar Alusian of Bulgaria; the first wife of Emperor Romanos IV, died before her husband's marriage to the Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa and his ascent to the throne.
Anna of Bulgaria (1030-bef. 1065), the daughter of tsar Alusian of Bulgaria; the first wife of Emperor Romanos IV, died before her husband's marriage to the Empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa and his ascent to the throne.

The identity of Emperor Isaac II's first wife is unknown, but her name, Herina (i.e., Eirene), is found on the necrology of Speyer Cathedral, where their daughter Irene is interred. (It must be noted, however, that it would have been extremely unusual for a mother and daughter to bear the same name, unless the mother's name was monastic.)^[6] Isaac's wife may have been a member of the Palaiologos family.^[7] A possible foreign origin is also given to her due to having the same name as her daughter.^[8]^[9] Their third child was born in 1182 or 1183 and she was dead or divorced by 1185, when Isaac remarried. She was mother of Emperor Alexios III.

Mistresses

Eudokia Ingerina (840–882), the daughter of Inger, a Varangian guard, and the mistress of Emperor Michael III, seperated in 855 under the pressure of the Empress-Mother Theodora, and she was later mistress and then wife of his successor Emperor Basil I.
Thekla (831-867), the daughter of Emperor Theophilos, the mistress of Emperor Basil I.
Zoe Zaoutzaina (d. 899), daughter of Stylianos Zaoutzes, she was probably the mistress of Emperor Leo VI from 889 to 893 and probably until 897. There is a contradiction on Zoe Zaoutzaina's particular status from 893 to 897. According to Symeon Metaphrastes, the marriage of Leo VI to Theophano was officially void. Allowing Leo and Zoe to marry within the year. According to Theophanes Continuatus, the original marriage was still valid and Zoe remained the royal mistress. Theophano died in her monastery on 10 November 897. Acconrdig to Theophanes, Leo and Zoe proceeded to marry at this point. Both Symeon and Theophanes agree that Zoe was only crowned Augusta following the death of her predecessor
Zoe Karbonopsina (d. 899), daughter of Stylianos Zaoutzes, she was the mistress of Emperor Leo VI from 902 to 906. She only married Leo, in 906, after the birth of their son, Constantine VII. This was a fourth marriage and considered uncanonical.
Empress Theophano (941-976), Kraterus, the inkeeper; mistress of soon-to-be Emperor John I. She had hope to become his Empress (her 3rd term) but was banished by John under the influence of Patriarch Polyeuctus for being a part of the assassination of her second husband which John I had been the main culprit.
Emperor Romanos III was known to have a mistress. Her existence is confirmed by Psellos, who records that Emperor Romanos came to despise the Empress Zoe lived openly with his mistress.
Maria Skleraina (d. 1044), a member of the Skleroi family, the first mistress of Emperor Constantine IX and first cousin or niece of his second wife. After Emperor Constantine's third marriage and accession to the Imperial throne, she was granted the title Augusta and stayed in the Palace as a junior consort.
Guarandukht of Georgia, the daughter of George I of Georgia, becoming the second mistress of Emperor Constantine IX after 1044. She was granted the title Augusta. She may have been the spoil of war or a political demand on the weaker Georgian kings.
Theodora Vatatzina, mistress of Emperor Manuel I, mother of sebastokrator Alexios Komnenos (born in the early 1160s).
Maria Taronitissa, wife of protovestiarios John Komnenos, whose legitimate children included Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, mistress of Emperor Manuel I, mother (with Manuel) of pinkernes Alexios Komnenos, who was a figurehead of the Norman invasion and the siege of Thessalonica in 1185.
Eudokia Komnene, the daughter of sébastokrator Andronikos Komnenos, became the first mistress of Emperor Andronikos I in 1150/52 after becoming a widow. She remarried in 1153 to Michael Gabras.
Philippa of Antioch (1148-1178), the sister of Maria of Antioch, became the third mistress of Emperor Andronikos I in 1166/67. She married after 1166 to Humphrey II of Toron.
Theodora Komnene (1145-?), the daughter of sébastokrator Isaac Komnenos, became the third mistress of Emperor Andronikos I in 1167/85 after becoming a widow of Baldwin III of Jerusalem. She and Andronikos fled to Damascus and sought refuge with Nur al-Din.
The identity of Emperor Isaac II's first wife is unknown, but her name, Herina (i.e., Eirene), is found on the necrology of Speyer Cathedral, where their daughter Irene is interred. (It must be noted, however, that it would have been extremely unusual for a mother and daughter to bear the same name, unless the mother's name was monastic.)^[10] Isaac's wife may have been a member of the Tornikes family or the Palaiologos family.^[11] A possible foreign origin is also given to her due to having the same name as her daughter.^[12]^[13] Their third child was born in 1182 or 1183 and she was dead or divorced by 1185, when Isaac remarried. She was mother of Emperor Alexios III.

Eudokia Angelina (?-1211), the daughter of Alexios III, became the mistress of Emperor Alexios V. She and Alexios married in 1204 after the Fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders.

Sources

^ formerly mistress of Michael III
^ There is a contradiction on Zoe Zaoutzaina's particular status 893-897.
^ ^a ^b ^c Third marriages are the last permitted according to the rules of Orthodox Church, but are highly disaproved by the Church and sometimes considered illegal.
^ Fourth marriages are uncanonical and illegal in the eyes of the Orthodox Church.
^ Profile of Alexios Komnenos and his daughter in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley
^ The first wife of Isaac II is usually considered to be a Byzantine noblewoman of unknown name. In an Italian edition of the chronicle of Nicetas Choniates "Greatness and catastrophe of Byzantium" can be found an interesting note to the XIV Book. The names of Isaac II's first wife and eldest daughter, unknown to Byzantine sources, are found in an obituary in the Cathedral of Speyer (Germany) (the Pantheon of German kings) where it can be found the second daughter of Isaac II, Irene/Maria, wife of Philip of Suabia; in this text Irene/Maria is said daughter of Isaac and Irene (there is reference to the following article: R. Hiestand, Die erste Ehe Isaaks II. Angelos und seine Kinder, in Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinisk, XLVII 1997 pp. 199–208). This Irene could be identified with the daughter of Georg Paleologus Ducas Comnenus; the son of this one, Andronicus Paleologus Comnenoducas is known as gambrox (gamma alpha mu beta rho o x) of Isaac II.
^ Morris Bierbrier's "Medieval and royal genealogy update" column in the March 1999 issue of _Genealogists' Magazine_ gives a partial summary of the article by Hiestand; this is where I learned of its existence. Hiestand's article is of special interest because it explores the hypothesis that the first wife of Isaac II is a member of the Palaiologos family, perhaps the daughter of Georgios Palaiologos Komnenodoukas, megas hetaireiarches. This is based on a reference to Andronikos Palaiologos (probable son of Georgios) as beloved gambros (brother-in-law or son-in-law, though the former is more likely) of Emperor Isaac II in a document (from 1191, I think) printed in A. Papadopoulos- Kerameus's _Analekta ..._, II, Petersburg, 1894, p. 362. Unfortunately, the genealogy of the early Palaiologoi is somewhat murky.
^ RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor
^ RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Re: first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor
^ The first wife of Isaac II is usually considered to be a Byzantine noblewoman of unknown name. In an Italian edition of the chronicle of Nicetas Choniates "Greatness and catastrophe of Byzantium" can be found an interesting note to the XIV Book. The names of Isaac II's first wife and eldest daughter, unknown to Byzantine sources, are found in an obituary in the Cathedral of Speyer (Germany) (the Pantheon of German kings) where it can be found the second daughter of Isaac II, Irene/Maria, wife of Philip of Suabia; in this text Irene/Maria is said daughter of Isaac and Irene (there is reference to the following article: R. Hiestand, Die erste Ehe Isaaks II. Angelos und seine Kinder, in Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinisk, XLVII 1997 pp. 199–208). This Irene could be identified with the daughter of Georg Paleologus Ducas Comnenus; the son of this one, Andronicus Paleologus Comnenoducas is known as gambrox (gamma alpha mu beta rho o x) of Isaac II.
^ Morris Bierbrier's "Medieval and royal genealogy update" column in the March 1999 issue of _Genealogists' Magazine_ gives a partial summary of the article by Hiestand; this is where I learned of its existence. Hiestand's article is of special interest because it explores the hypothesis that the first wife of Isaac II is a member of the Palaiologos family, perhaps the daughter of Georgios Palaiologos Komnenodoukas, megas hetaireiarches. This is based on a reference to Andronikos Palaiologos (probable son of Georgios) as beloved gambros (brother-in-law or son-in-law, though the former is more likely) of Emperor Isaac II in a document (from 1191, I think) printed in A. Papadopoulos- Kerameus's _Analekta ..._, II, Petersburg, 1894, p. 362. Unfortunately, the genealogy of the early Palaiologoi is somewhat murky.
^ RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor
^ RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Re: first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor

[1] formerly mistress of Michael III

[2] There is a contradiction on Zoe Zaoutzaina's particular status 893-897.

[Third_marriages-3] Third marriages are the last permitted according to the rules of Orthodox Church, but are highly disaproved by the Church and sometimes considered illegal.

[4] Fourth marriages are uncanonical and illegal in the eyes of the Orthodox Church.

[5] Profile of Alexios Komnenos and his daughter in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley

[6] The first wife of Isaac II is usually considered to be a Byzantine noblewoman of unknown name. In an Italian edition of the chronicle of Nicetas Choniates "Greatness and catastrophe of Byzantium" can be found an interesting note to the XIV Book. The names of Isaac II's first wife and eldest daughter, unknown to Byzantine sources, are found in an obituary in the Cathedral of Speyer (Germany) (the Pantheon of German kings) where it can be found the second daughter of Isaac II, Irene/Maria, wife of Philip of Suabia; in this text Irene/Maria is said daughter of Isaac and Irene (there is reference to the following article: R. Hiestand, Die erste Ehe Isaaks II. Angelos und seine Kinder, in Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinisk, XLVII 1997 pp. 199–208). This Irene could be identified with the daughter of Georg Paleologus Ducas Comnenus; the son of this one, Andronicus Paleologus Comnenoducas is known as gambrox (gamma alpha mu beta rho o x) of Isaac II.

[7] Morris Bierbrier's "Medieval and royal genealogy update" column in the March 1999 issue of _Genealogists' Magazine_ gives a partial summary of the article by Hiestand; this is where I learned of its existence. Hiestand's article is of special interest because it explores the hypothesis that the first wife of Isaac II is a member of the Palaiologos family, perhaps the daughter of Georgios Palaiologos Komnenodoukas, megas hetaireiarches. This is based on a reference to Andronikos Palaiologos (probable son of Georgios) as beloved gambros (brother-in-law or son-in-law, though the former is more likely) of Emperor Isaac II in a document (from 1191, I think) printed in A. Papadopoulos- Kerameus's _Analekta ..._, II, Petersburg, 1894, p. 362. Unfortunately, the genealogy of the early Palaiologoi is somewhat murky.

[8] RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor

[9] RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Re: first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor

[10] The first wife of Isaac II is usually considered to be a Byzantine noblewoman of unknown name. In an Italian edition of the chronicle of Nicetas Choniates "Greatness and catastrophe of Byzantium" can be found an interesting note to the XIV Book. The names of Isaac II's first wife and eldest daughter, unknown to Byzantine sources, are found in an obituary in the Cathedral of Speyer (Germany) (the Pantheon of German kings) where it can be found the second daughter of Isaac II, Irene/Maria, wife of Philip of Suabia; in this text Irene/Maria is said daughter of Isaac and Irene (there is reference to the following article: R. Hiestand, Die erste Ehe Isaaks II. Angelos und seine Kinder, in Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinisk, XLVII 1997 pp. 199–208). This Irene could be identified with the daughter of Georg Paleologus Ducas Comnenus; the son of this one, Andronicus Paleologus Comnenoducas is known as gambrox (gamma alpha mu beta rho o x) of Isaac II.

[11] Morris Bierbrier's "Medieval and royal genealogy update" column in the March 1999 issue of _Genealogists' Magazine_ gives a partial summary of the article by Hiestand; this is where I learned of its existence. Hiestand's article is of special interest because it explores the hypothesis that the first wife of Isaac II is a member of the Palaiologos family, perhaps the daughter of Georgios Palaiologos Komnenodoukas, megas hetaireiarches. This is based on a reference to Andronikos Palaiologos (probable son of Georgios) as beloved gambros (brother-in-law or son-in-law, though the former is more likely) of Emperor Isaac II in a document (from 1191, I think) printed in A. Papadopoulos- Kerameus's _Analekta ..._, II, Petersburg, 1894, p. 362. Unfortunately, the genealogy of the early Palaiologoi is somewhat murky.

[12] RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor

[13] RootsWeb: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Re: first wife of Isaac II, Byzantine emperor

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